Tracking a Surface Wave (IMAGE)

Duke University

Tracking a Surface Wave

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The stresses caused by a leaky Rayleigh surface wave are tracked using a high-speed camera (left) and compared to new models of the phenomenon (right). The circular cracks these types of surface waves create were first seen in the windshields of supersonic jets flying through rainforests and could now be harnessed to break apart kidney stones.

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Pei Zhong, Duke University

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