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Friday, 10 August 2007

University of Michigan engineers develop 'second skin' to detect corrosion

Researchers at the University of Michigan's College of Engineering have developed a coating that could be painted or sprayed on structures to sense their stability over time, allowing inspectors to check for damage without physically examining the structure. The coating would act as a new 'skin' for bridges, buildings and aircraft, behaving like a sixth sense for inspectors looking for the sort of cracks and corrosion that can lead to catastrophic failures like the recent Minneapolis bridge collapse.
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