Fatigue Testing

Fatigue performance has always been important in automotive design, where the sources of cyclic loading and vibration are many and varied. Hence fatigue behavior is a long-established part of qualification for automotive steels, and remains essential for newer designs with aluminum and composites.
THE CHALLENGE

Car breakdown

In today's automotive industry, cyclic loading represents a diverse range of evaluation needs, including low cycle fatigue of metals, high cycle fatigue of composites and joints, damping behavior of mountings and interior panels – all of which affect the NVH (noise vibration and harshness) and hence, passenger comfort.

Our Solution

Dynamic Systems Family

For a multipurpose laboratory handling large specimens, Instron® servo-hydraulic systems provide excellent capabilities for medium to high-capacity dynamic testing. The load frames can be configured to meet a wide range of materials, component testing, and requirements; and can be fitted with interchangeable fixtures to perform specific tests.

The Instron 8800MT controller with WaveMatrix™ dynamic test software provides high fidelity of control, and synchronous data acquisition, with easily configured test sequences and live calculations to facilitate everything from “simple” fatigue, to vibration analysis, to multi-step conditional test sequences.

Additionally, application-specific software packages can be used seamlessly on the same system to provide more streamlined workflows for LCF, fracture toughness, or quasi-static testing.

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Systèmes dynamiques et de fatigue

Systèmes dynamiques et de fatigue

Instron propose une large gamme de systèmes d’essais dynamiques et de fatigue entièrement intégrés de 1 000 N à 5 000 kN. Intégrant des technologies de moteur servohydraulique, servoélectrique et linéaire, ces instruments d’essais couvrent une large gamme d’applications d’essais de fatigue, dynamique et statique.

Brochure WaveMatrix™2

WaveMatrix2 est un logiciel intelligent conçu pour la fatigue et les essais dynamiques des matériaux et des composants. Il offre de la flexibilité : tout mettre en œuvre, d’une simple rampe statique à des formes d’onde cycliques en passant par des essais multi-étapes et multi-axiaux complexes. L’environnement hautement visuel avec des écrans tabulaires intégrés, des structures de menu claires, un aperçu d'essai de matrice temporelle et un espace de travail d'essai en direct configurable est conçu pour être intuitif et véhiculer la confiance. Doté de fonctionnalités intelligentes, telles que la réduction des données et l’organisation de projet intégrée, conçu pour simplifier vos essais.

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Fatigue performance has always been important in automotive design, where the sources of cyclic loading and vibration are many and varied. Hence fatigue behavior is a long-established part of qualification for automotive steels, and remains essential for newer designs with aluminum and composites.
THE CHALLENGE

Car breakdown

In today's automotive industry, cyclic loading represents a diverse range of evaluation needs, including low cycle fatigue of metals, high cycle fatigue of composites and joints, damping behavior of mountings and interior panels – all of which affect the NVH (noise vibration and harshness) and hence, passenger comfort.

Our Solution

Dynamic Systems Family

For a multipurpose laboratory handling large specimens, Instron® servo-hydraulic systems provide excellent capabilities for medium to high-capacity dynamic testing. The load frames can be configured to meet a wide range of materials, component testing, and requirements; and can be fitted with interchangeable fixtures to perform specific tests.

The Instron 8800MT controller with WaveMatrix™ dynamic test software provides high fidelity of control, and synchronous data acquisition, with easily configured test sequences and live calculations to facilitate everything from “simple” fatigue, to vibration analysis, to multi-step conditional test sequences.

Additionally, application-specific software packages can be used seamlessly on the same system to provide more streamlined workflows for LCF, fracture toughness, or quasi-static testing.