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One point impact of a fatigue precracked Ti6Al4V specimen

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One point impact of a fatigue precracked Ti6Al4V specimen. Filmed at 1MFps with our kirana ultra high speed camera. Note the crack opening and the characteristic plastic zones that develop rapidly. Courtesy of my grad student Tamir Albik and Dr Gleb Gil Goviazin.