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In this section, we will discuss some issues of importance to the glass community in general.

ONE OF THE PRIMARY ISSUES IN THE AREA OF GLASS STRENGTH, IS THAT OF CONTACT DAMAGE.  an extremely important recent work in this area is the PhD thesis from Alfred University: