When first introduced to mechanical testing of composite materials, one can be confused, even overwhelmed, by the number of available test standards. One reason for this large variety of tests is the ...

Beyond the obvious lightweighting advantages, the thing that makes composites so appealing to the aerospace market is the variability that permits engineers to tailor laminates to a wide range of ...

Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) is critical in ensuring safety and reliability, areas easily compromised if not monitored with a broad range of necessary tools and techniques. Locating concealed ...

Suggested Citation: "6 Methodologies for Assessment of Structural Performance." National Research Council. 1996. New Materials for Next-Generation Commercial Transports. Washington, DC: The National ...

When choosing a method for monitoring the compressive strength of concrete, it’s important for project managers to consider the impact each technique will have on their schedule. While some testing ...

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 ...

Conducting product testing on printed circuit boards (PCBs) has the potential to become costly. Because of this, it’s easy for businesses to view PCB assembly testing as an expense without much value.

Today’s electronic equipment must be designed to, first, operate in the electromagnetic (EM) environment it is to be employed in, and second, ensure that the EM fields generated by the system do not ...

Structural test is the foundation of the majority of IC production testing. The idea of structural test is that the entire chip operation doesn’t need to be known. Instead, the structural pieces and ...