- Alternatives, such as virtual tests, for costly physical test campaigns?
- To simulate your test article in its test setup with realistic boundary conditions and loads?
- To evaluate the influence of a manufacturing defect on the performance of your part?
- To evaluate the influence of variations in the test setup on the test results?
- Support with the certification of your component?
- Virtual testing methods to reduce costs and risks associated with physical testing.
- Modelling capabilities for metal and composite test articles in their test setup.
- Testing facilities such as test machines for coupon testing and (customized) test rigs for panel, component and full scale testing.
- Manufacturing facilities such a pilot plant with an automated fibre placement machine, resin transfer moulding machine, heated press, autoclave, braiding machine, pick and place robot and many more.
- Collaborative environment for simulation, manufacturing and testing teams.
- Knowledge of testing procedures with their strengths and weaknesses.
- Analytical, numerical and experimental methods to investigate the effect of a defect like fibre waviness on the stiffness and strength of a composite material.
- Non Destructive Inspection (NDI) methods to inspect test articles on manufacturing defects from coupon to component level as input for virtual testing.
- Optical 3D deformation measurement during physical test for correlation with virtual test.
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Related Issues
- Delaminations
- Design
- Digital twins
- Effect of defects
- Fibre waviness
- Gaps and overlaps
- Modelling and simulation
- Non Destructive Inspection
- Physical testing
- porosity
- Porosity of additive manufactured parts
- Virtual manufacturing
- Virtual qualification
- Virtual testing