Waterjetting 2d - Adding cracks to Nature

In the last few weeks I have focused on demonstrating, with examples, that water effectively removes material by penetrating into natural cr...

OGPSS - Global crude oil and Iran

There has been a little stir in the news on Energy lately, as folks have begun to extrapolate the growth in American oil and gas production ...

Waterjetting 2c - using Nature's crack system

In this section (part 2) of the series on Waterjetting, the focus is on the way in which high-pressure waterjets grow cracks in their target...

Waterjetting 2b - crack growth and granite sculpture

The last post in this series showed that the main way in which waterjets penetrate into materials is by growing cracks that already exist w...

OGPSS - Iran and the possibility of natural gas exports

There has been much talk in the current Presidential debates about possible changes in US Energy Policy, with Governor Romney suggesting th...

Waterjetting 2a - growing cracks and glass cutting

High pressure abrasive waterjets (AWJ) are able to cut glass with considerable precision, and maintain the accuracy of cut through thick mat...