New MSF16 high-capacity and easy-to-use instrument is designed to advance customers’ test programs and shorten their development time NEW CASTLE, Del.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Waters Corporation (NYSE: WAT) ...

Peter Bailey, Senior Applications Specialist for Instron Dynamic Systems, talks to AZoM about the benefits and applications of composites fatigue testing and how Instron's unique Specimen Self-Heating ...

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 world demands more-greater quantities of energy, taller buildings, longer pipelines, faster and higher-flying aircraft. Material scientists have responded with stronger and more durable metals, ...

Compared to traditional structural materials, polymer matrix composites (PMC) offer greatly enhanced performance and flexibility. However, these benefits come at the cost of increased material ...

Boeing is about to start the 787's fatigue trials as it sets out to accumulate the required testing buffer ahead of the carbonfibre twinjet's planned service entry at year-end. The Dreamliner test ...

The impact response of composite materials was of only minor interest prior to the introduction of carbon fiber in the mid-1960s. Before that time, the composites in use were primarily reinforced with ...

The structures testing facilities are split into two distinct types to allow testing of a wide variety of different structural forms. A self-reacting steel frame of 120 tonne load capacity has been ...