R&D
Our R&D support covers material & manufacturing development and structural design (including structural details), which can result in an unique IP position for our customers.
Crossing splicing configuration
Engineering
By taking an integrated approach we meet all the requirements of the product, which include a.o. mechanical & environmental performance and manufacturing for low cost.
| Structural Engineering |
| Material Development |
| Manufacturing engineering |
| FEM analysis |
Testing
In our testing facility we support our customers with static & dynamic testing of materials and structures according to general test standards, like ASTM, and to customer specific test requirements.
We are also specialized in analyzing and evaluating the test results as well as defining the overall engineering test campaign.
| Static & dynamic testing upto 500kN |
| Temperature range from -150°C to 180°C |
| Continuous crack growth monitoring |
Inspection
As part of the testing procedure materials and structures are inspected to detect defects like porosity, delamination, disbonding, etc.
Also acceptable defects levels are defined to guarantee the quality of the customer product.
| Air coupled ultrasonic |
| Water coupled ultrasonic |
| Microscope |
Prototype of a Crack Stopper
Prototyping
During the manufacturing development we will support our customers with prototypes to demonstrate the viability of the concept.
| Material concepts |
| Structural details |
| Panels |
Our static & dynamic tests
| Tensile | Open hole tension | In-plane shear |
| Compression | Open hole compression | Interlaminar shear (ILSS) |
| Bell peel | Pin type bearing | Fasteners: single/double lap shear |
| Adhesively bonded: lap shear | Fracture toughness | Impact |
| Insert pull-out | Flatwise tensile |
| Fatigue initiation* | Fatigue crack growth* |
* Either with constant amplitude loading or spectrum loading