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materialsscienceandengineering · 15 days

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The last time you dropped a favorite mug or sat on your glasses, you may have been too preoccupied to take much notice of the intricate pattern of cracks that appeared in the broken object. But capturing the formation of such patterns is the specialty of John Kolinski and his team at the Laboratory of Engineering Mechanics of Soft Interfaces (EMSI) in EPFL's School of Engineering. They aim to understand how cracks propagate in brittle solids, which is essential for developing and testing safe and cost-effective composite materials for use in construction, sports, and aerospace engineering. But traditional mechanics approaches to analyzing crack formation assume that cracks are planar -- i.e., that they form on the two-dimensional surface of a material. In fact, simple planar cracks are just the tip of the iceberg: most cracks -- like those in everyday brittle solids like glass -- propagate into three-dimensional networks of ridges and other complex features.

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carolinanadeau · 3 months

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"this female character is underdeveloped" TO YOU. I can read subtext and I know all about her backstory and her rich inner life. also she told me personally

#I honestly think that one of the most enriching and rewarding parts of writing fanfiction is getting to #fully flesh out and explore a character who gets some but not-quite-enough characterization in canon #unless the character is REALLY minor there are always so many threads to pull out and weave into something new #you can even deconstruct the marketing materials! oh this character is only described as 'beautiful'? wonder how she feels about that hmmm #my original post #writing #fanfic #I'm just really proud of what I've been able to do with Miss T. it's almost all right there in the script and lyrics if you'd only look!

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sillyfairygarden · 2 months

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90 minute leyendecker study b4 bed. heard cleo has a cat cafe this season :swoons:

#thellos art corner #zombiecleo fanart #hermitcraft #hermitblr #mcyt fanart #mcyt #ok time for a peek inside my skull: i really contemplated not posting this. not for any reasons of disliking it #im pretty conscious about how fat people are characterized/portrayed around food in media. both in fan works and canonized material #(flashbacks to hunk from voltron) i really think about ways to defy the way fat bodies are portrayed in my works. while also staying normal #i think at the end of the day i really see food as a love language. and serving people i love (even if its just coffee) brings me joy #even if theres a one-dimensional box that fat characters get put into regarding food. it makes me happy! so i'll try to do it with grace #i think representation isnt always this mentally twisting lol. but its definitely something i think about.#i hope i can positively project my feelings about food and love onto a plus size body (as a chubby girl :handheart:) and showcase that love #ok yeah yeah its 11pm. time to put meemaw in bed. if you read all this ur rad <3 also i stopped watching HC peeposad

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ofswordsandpens · 4 months

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I'm sincerely very happy for anyone who is enjoying the show but every time I see takes that the show has improved the book characterizations or that the book characters are underdeveloped in comparison to the show...

#our experiences are very different lmao #pjo show crit #sure the show isn't completely out yet #but id argue that the characters (namely the trio) seem way more developed and well-rounded in the book by this point in time (episode 4)#and look im not saying every change the show has made is bad #but by and far there has yet to be a change to characterization that feels like an IMPROVEMENT from the source material lmao #the closest contender I'd say is show Percy does seem a tad angrier than book Percy #but again I wouldn't call that an improvement... its just different and I think that /change/ works because it feels like the same essence #but even that has had some issues because I feel like the show has inadvertently cut down some of Percy's canon book empathy here and there #I think the show has nailed Annabeth's pride and intelligence and her warped worship of her mother #... but they've also made her hyper competent to the point that she's not making half of the mistakes she did in the book #which ISNT good because book annabeth is smart but she isn't infallible #its a big point that she has the theoretical intelligence but none of the real world experience/application #she gets tricked by medusa and goes to visit the Arch just cause she loves architecture and that's okay!! she's twelve and a nerd!#I also dont like that they've cut/toned down her little crush on Luke #actually they've not even showcased the familial bond between annabeth and Luke either in the show so like lmao #and then grover #by now grover's fear of failure and repeating this past mistakes and wanting a license has already been acknowledged in the books at least #in the show?? not so much #and his canon book suspicions and wariness of medusa... were given to annabeth #like medusa in the book was Grover's moment to shine cause his instincts were right!#and in the book fight he even very intentionally attacked medusa #but his highlights there were cut completely in the show #and finally sally #...idk who that is in the show but that's NOT my sally jackson #percy jackson #mine

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lonisaiou · 3 months

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this turned out to be my last project of the semester and got me an amazing grade (thanks teacher for appreciating punk Marceline) (+hence I decided to make her human instead of vampire, which isnt a big of a difference, just the ears lol)

enjoy my most beloved Human Marceline in all her punk glory

#myart #marceline abadeer #adventure time fanart #adventure time #atimers #at fanart #marceline the vampire queen #human marceline #fionna and cake fanart #fionna and cake #f&c fanart #marceline #fanart #my project was about body and material and I decided to talk about our relationship with fashion and how it could reflect out views #and thats why I talked about punks #which are characterized by their leather jackets and pin and so on #and its a political stance

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permian-tropos · 4 months

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ok but "the promo materials for new bachelor route proves that daniil has never cared about his patients in the town, that's just fanon" yeah I... im killing you a bit :))) me when I fucking get you

#and yeah it is annoying that ipl leaned into that characterization in the promo materials #daniil was always contradictory in that regard! he could be both callous and caring #it was better writing lol

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ladyofthenoodle · 8 months

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i understand why many people are upset over chloe’s storylines in season 5 but seeing canon episodes described as “chloe salt” is truly mind boggling. salt is a fan reaction, the episodes themselves are not salt, you are salty about the episodes.

#i feel that same about people saying stuff like “the character was OOC in the episode’’#no babe it’s not OOC if it’s the source material #the phrase you’re looking for is “inconsistent characterization’’#in other words this is mostly just me being particular about terminology i guess #fandom being fandom

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mikoran · 9 months

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i feel like everyone in this fandom needs to like take a break from it and just. hang out in another fandom for a while. remind themselves of what typical fandom environments are like because this one acts a lot differently from how fandoms typically do

#like i get it its a lot more canon focused and analysis driven than typical fandoms #but that leads to really stupid shit #like hey people can have headcanons or explore an idea that goes against characterization. thats common actually #people arent automatically not allowed to enjoy something just because it conflicts with canon #fandom is about fun its not about being right or faithful to the source material #and i think a lot of us need to be reminded of that #a lot of the debates that i see happen are really dumb and would hardly be a debate in other fandoms #because no one gives a shit #i feel like everyone who has strong feelings about certain stuff would have a stroke if they went near a fandom like mha or something #anyway case and point this fandom needs to take a step back and just. not take some stuff so seriously #like ive never seen a fandom debate characterization and shit so frequently and heatedly before #its about fun!!! not accuracy!!!#byler #stranger things #i should probably clarify this isnt vagueposting or something #no one specifically prompted this i just got reminded of some of the debates that come up a lot in the fandom

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kyouka-supremacy · 13 days

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Hello! You Said at one point akutagawa repulses dazai, can you show proof of that? Cuz I'm genuinely curious

I don't think I can? It's more of an underlying impression / my personal way to interpret the character. Why is Dazai mean towards Akutagawa all the time? It's not like he acts like that with everyone, quite the opposite, he seems to be especially cruel whenever he interacts with Akutagawa. Why does he mistreat and insult Akutagawa so bad if he didn't to some extent dislike him? Why does Dazai refrain from giving Akutagawa what he wants when it'd be so easy for him? Why does he always beat Akutagawa up and not respect Akutagawa's dignity as a person? Even now that he's trying to do good? In my opinion, it's way more convincing to explain it as Dazai being repulsed by Akutagawa than as “Dazai is doing Akutagawa's good” (which is stupid, and Dazai is not stupid), no matter what the author wants us to believe.

When it comes to Dazai and Akutagawa, I think they create a real Frankenstein / creature situation, with Dazai having intentionally created Akutagawa like he is, but turning out to be repulsed by him, and doesn't want to have anything to do with him anymore, especially now that he's moved to the good side and wants to cut all ties with his past. I believe Akutagawa is the living memento for Dazai of how cruel and ruthless and intrinsically evil he himself can be, and that's why he hates him, because he hates that part of himself.

#I hope this is not an underwhelming answer ashdjfyvzdkvgksfdj #I can't trace every bit of characterization I have back to canon material I'm sorry (´；ω；｀)#osamu dazai #ryūnosuke akutagawa #bsd #people asks me stuff

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ccarrot · 8 months

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I hate when i get a "but in storm bringer..." whenever i drop my chuuya headcannons stormbringer was 6 years ago there are things that can change

#its all superficial stuff too.#because we KNOW that superficially chuuya's grown to have a materialism streak #but i also hate when this argument 'oh it was six years ago' is turned around when it comes to character analysis #like his characterization in sb ISNT a fundamental basis on how were supposed to interpret his actions and words

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mishapen-dear · 10 months

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no but like. does bad know what that book meant. does he know. because if he did then he gave it to forever Anyway. he gave it to forever as part of a GAME. bad never tells people how he feels about them to their faces (rememebr the 14 elegant letters in festa junina! the 14 anonymous letters that were so fucking lovely!!) and he always plays with people and he gave forever a book. that says eu te amo. as part of a GAME.

#DO YYOU UNDERSTANDDD #idc if he knows or not i am convinced that bad would Not confess without having something silly to hide behidn #he's just Silly okay listen he's Silly #qsmp #i forget the name of the trope but this is my fave enactment of it #4halo #qsmpshipping #these goddamn cubitos #bad can't tell someone his feelings to their face so he confessed his love in a fucking GAME #<- delusional #im Right about the characterization but i doubt this is gonna go farther than bad going yeah :D we're Besties #queerbaithalo <3 #im obsessed with him and this is some Good material for fanfictions pay attention everyone they are feeding us some Ripe crumbs #god. love confession gameified. because you can't say it directly.#god.

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materialsscienceandengineering · 1 year

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Riddle solved: Why was Roman concrete so durable?

An unexpected ancient manufacturing strategy may hold the key to designing concrete that lasts for millennia.

The ancient Romans were masters of engineering, constructing vast networks of roads, aqueducts, ports, and massive buildings, whose remains have survived for two millennia. Many of these structures were built with concrete: Rome’s famed Pantheon, which has the world’s largest unreinforced concrete dome and was dedicated in A.D. 128, is still intact, and some ancient Roman aqueducts still deliver water to Rome today. Meanwhile, many modern concrete structures have crumbled after a few decades.

Researchers have spent decades trying to figure out the secret of this ultradurable ancient construction material, particularly in structures that endured especially harsh conditions, such as docks, sewers, and seawalls, or those constructed in seismically active locations.

Now, a team of investigators from MIT, Harvard University, and laboratories in Italy and Switzerland, has made progress in this field, discovering ancient concrete-manufacturing strategies that incorporated several key self-healing functionalities. The findings are published today in the journal Science Advances, in a paper by MIT professor of civil and environmental engineering Admir Masic, former doctoral student Linda Seymour ’14, PhD ’21, and four others.