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Breaking the Speed Limit: Cracks Can Travel Faster than Expected
Our work on supershear propagation of tensile cracks got recently published in Physical Review Letters. Our simulations shed light on how geometric non-linearities allow cracks to propagate faster than predicted limits.
Earthquake community paper published in Nature Communications
In this Perspective paper, we bring together a group of researchers with diverse expertise to discuss the challenges associated with our current understanding of the mechanics of earthquakes. We outline open scientific questions and describe how collaborative research across disciplines is needed to address these questions.