Challenging common notions on how eggs break and the role of strength versus toughness

Abstract One experiment commonly used to teach young students about the response of structures to dynamic loading is the “egg drop challenge”, in which students design a device to protect an egg from cracking after a fall from a specified height. Relevant to this activity is the choice of orientatio...

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Main Authors: Antony Sutanto, Suhib Abu-Qbeitah, Avishai Jeselsohn, Brendan M. Unikewicz, Joseph E. Bonavia, Stephen Rudolph, Hudson Borja da Rocha, S. Kiana Naghibzadeh, Tal Cohen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2025-05-01
Series:Communications Physics
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s42005-025-02087-0
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