The decision to change from a functional to a structural test methodology is a far-reaching one. Functional test vectors are meant to check for correct device functionality. Structural test vectors ...

On June 24, 2020, engineers completed the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket’s structural testing campaign for the Artemis lunar missions by testing the liquid oxygen structural test article to find its ...

Wichita State University’s National Institute for Aviation Research (NIAR) recently completed a long-term full-scale fatigue test program with General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) for ...

NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) Program is concluding its structural qualification test series with one upcoming final test that will push the design for the rocket’s liquid oxygen tank to its limits ...

Inside the massive testing hangars across Seattle and Everett, the world's biggest jetliners are turned into mechanical lab rats. Hydraulic actuators yank their wings skyward, compressors simulate ...

The Structural Engineering and Mechanics Program maintains experimental testing areas for research and instruction in Gunness Structural Laboratory and Robert B. Brack Structural Testing Facility.

Epic Aircraft has completed structural testing for its E1000 single-engine turboprop and is now undergoing flight testing with designated FAA test pilots. The E1000 is projected to cruise at 325 knots ...

Structural health monitoring (SHM), essentially, involves a nondestructive testing (NDT) system that integrates sensors into a structure to enable continuous or periodic inspection. The resulting data ...

A structural performance test of a scaled-down Hualong One containment building in serious accident conditions has been successfully completed by China's Harbin Institute of Technology. A team of ...

Dayton T. Brown, Inc. conducts structural MIL-STD and commercial aerospace testing: structural, static and fatigue, failure, stress, hydraulic on component, parts & assembly, sub-assembly testing. By ...