TTLab - Experimental Testing
Analysis types:
- Standard testing of Metallic materials (Tensile tests, Rockwell, Fracture toughness, R-Curve, S-N Curve, Paris law, Residual stresses, Mass spectrometry, Corrosion tests in artificial atmospheres (e.g. salt spray), Intergranular corrosion, Electrical and thermal conductivity, …) - US»,
- Standard testing of Composite materials (Tensile, compression, interlaminar shear, Double Cantilever Beam, 3-point bending, 4-point bending, interlaminar fracture toughness, mechanical joints in composite panels. Resin contents, viscosity, Density, thermal expansion,…) - US», FIDAMC», FEUP»
- Standard testing of Adhesive joints (Drum peel, Single-lap shear, Double-lap shear. Tensile strength composite sandwhich, foam tube shear,…) - US»
- Microscopical analysis of polymers and composite materials - FIDAMC»
- Dynamic mechanical analysis - FIDAMC»
- Thermogravimetric analysis - FIDAMC»
- Thermomechanical analysis - FIDAMC»
- Dimensional analysis - FIDAMC»
- Testing singular structural elements in aeronautical industry, including full-scale structures - US», FIDAMC»
Main equipment:
- An international laboratory network counting with:
- Dynamic and static tensile testing machines (5-500 kN), Instron 60TM-30 (30kN, 100Nm) Tension/Torsion, Compression/Torsion Machine – TAU», US»
- Digital Image Correlation Systems CSI - TAU», US», ETH», FEUP»
- Very-high-speed camera system (up to 1 million FPS) - US»
- Computed Tomography (voxel down to 0.5 µm) - US», ETH»
- Jigs for tensile/shear/3PB/Composite buckling experiments - TAU»
- Temperature chambers for the tensile testing machines (-70ºC a 350º) - FIDAMC», US»
- Environmental chambers, humidity, salt spray, temperature - FIDAMC», US»
- 80C freezer by Sanyo – TAU»
- Equipment for the whole process of fabricating composite structures using standard procedures in aeronautical and space industries (Clean room for aerospace-grade composites, Autoclave, Hot-press plate,…) – FIDAMC», US»
- Ultrasound testing - US»
- Electronic microscope - US»
- Composite 3D printer - US»
