Browsing: Materials Testing

CT scanning, in-process monitoring and digital twins are maturing fast, but fatigue, repeatability and certification hurdles still stand between additive manufacturing and primary aircraft structures

GKN Aerospace is the first company to win an industry accreditation for its laser-wire additive manufacturing process

An engineering model of a NASA Venus descent probe has survived repeated simulations of the planet’s extreme surface temperatures

AI-enabled search identifies 3d print settings for heat-resistant rocket engine alloy

Astral Materials will use Dawn Aerospace’s Aurora spaceplane as a high-cadence testbed for its microgravity furnace hardware

Greene Tweed has expanded its in-house testing to validate sealing performance in cryogenic and supercritical carbon dioxide conditions

As commercial supersonic flight returns, aerodynamic heating around rivets is an underexplored threat to aircraft structures — a UNSW project explains why.

Stratasys will develop technology to capture quality and process data during three-dimensional printing under a US defense manufacturing modernization award

QinetiQ and AMS have flown a structural helicopter component 3D printed from recycled titanium using laser powder bed fusion

Japanese researchers have created a carbon fiber composite that harvests vibrations to detect internal damage without external power