They are those long and narrow openings that result from the separation of two materials. Meanwhile, specialists in the field distinguish that they can be of two types: contraction and wedge.
Shrinkage cracks are quite wide and occur when soil or a rock contracts. While wedge cracks, which have a vertical shape, are generated after rapid freezing of the ground.
On the other hand, a crack is a deep cut or opening, of an elongated and superficial shape that arises on the surface of the dermis or on the mucous membranes. Therefore, cracks are a common condition that we can suffer from people on our skin and can generally be treated with skin specialists, as is the case with dermatologists, who generally indicate for their treatment hyper-moisturizing creams that should be applied only in the affected area In those more complex cases, they usually cause pain and discomfort in the part of the skin affected by them.
The presence of cracks is very common in certain buildings and they are observed in the form of generally elongated fissures that, depending on the cause of their appearance, spread over time.
Among the reasons why a crack is formed in a wall, although there is a large number, it is possible to say that the most common are the damage caused by the construction of low-quality natural disasters (such as floods, fires and earthquakes).). And strong collisions with the building due to the impacts of the vehicle or the collapse of some nearby structure.