Comparison between Hard and Flexible Top (IMAGE)

University of California - San Diego

Comparison between Hard and Flexible Top

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Left: the rigid top fractures on landing, while the top made of nine layers going from rigid to flexible remains intact.

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Jacobs School of Engineering/UC San Diego/Harvard University

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