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 ...

Patterns created using advanced fault models provide higher test coverage, improved defect detection, and higher-yielding ...

The aircraft will undergo ground testing to ensure it can hold up to flight loads and stresses. Credit: NASA NASA’s low-boom supersonic experimental aircraft will soon be transported from the ...

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 ...

HELSINKI — China appears to have conducted structural verification tests on its new Long March 10A rocket, according to a coded update. The China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALT) posted an ...

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 ...

Boeing’s prolonged march toward certification of the 787 took another step forward Nov. 15 with the completion of destructive structural testing on a full-scale composite wing box. Although full scale ...

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 ...

Designing structural components that can power an electric vehicle requires a comprehensive testing regime to assess the strength, stiffness and thermal stability of battery materials Structural power ...

The Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering at the University at Buffalo has an extensive earthquake simulation, structural testing and geotechnical engineering testing facility.