http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Science/2008/03/24/method_detects_predicts_structural_strain/2046/
MADISON, Wis., March 24 (UPI) — U.S. scientists have created a software program that can predict stress fractures that occur in statues that have been in place for hundreds of years.
Vadim Shapiro of the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Igor Tsukanov of Florida International University applied their technology to Michelangelo’s David in an analysis that they said proved simpler, faster and more accurate than previous methods.