Dynamic and fatigue testing system
Competency Group: Material Science
Type: Measure Hardware
Description: Fully-integrated dynamic and fatigue testing systems incorporate servo hydraulic, servo-electric and linear motor technologies. These test instruments cover a broad range of fatigue, dynamic, and static testing applications. Applications include high-cycle fatigue, low-cycle fatigue, thermo-mechanical fatigue, crack propagation and growth studies, fracture toughness, bi-axial, axial-torsional, multi-axial, high strain rate, quasi-static, creep, stress-relaxation, and other types of dynamic and static tests. Samples of materials or components undergo a range of tests in order to assess how a component will behave in various environments.
Citation for Description: Instron. (2012). Instron Products: By Product Type, Dynamic and Fatigue Systems. Retrieved from http://www.instron.co.uk/wa/product/Dynamic-Fatigue-Test-Systems.aspx
Units: Fatigue under various dynamic conditions.
Advantages: Will give a clear indication of life span of a component and how it will behave in extreme environments.
Limitations: Will cost a couple of prototypes which will be deliberately broken.
Regulations: International Organization for Standardization. (2011). ISO Search Standards: Fatigue Testing. Retrieved from http://www.iso.org/iso/search.htm?qt=Fatigue+Testing&searchSubmit=Search&sort=rel&type=simple&published=true
Target Audience: Engineering, R&D
Relevant to Universal Design: No
Stages and Steps: 2.2, 4.2, 4.12, 5.2, 5.3
Free Resource: Walterbai. (2009, March 5). Dynamic Fatigue Testing Machines — SWISS MADE [Video file]. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKJtS27DMtY
Purchase Resource: Instron. (2012). Instron Products: By Product Type, Dynamic and Fatigue Systems. Retrieved from http://www.instron.co.uk/wa/product/Dynamic-Fatigue-Test-Systems.aspx