METHOD OF AND SYSTEM FOR ARRESTING INCIDENT CRACK PROPAGATION IN A TRANSPARENT MATERIAL

摘要

The present application relates to a glass article, comprising a transparent material, with a defect pattern (1450) within the transparent material configured to deflect an incident crack propagating within the glass article, wherein the defect pattern (1450) comprises a plurality of defects having a micro crack (1430) and wherein each defect is at a predetermined spacing from an adjacent defect.