Most engineering is about preventing failure. Strengthen the bridge, reinforce the machine, make the component last longer. But sometimes the smartest design does the exact opposite. Engineers deliberately build a sacrificial response into a system, creating something meant to break, melt, corrode, deform, or release at exactly the right moment. It sounds counterintuitive, but there […]

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