Aerospace Materials Testing Laboratories
Aerospace testing emphasises traceable mechanical property data, fatigue and damage tolerance, microstructural verification and environmental qualification, usually under customer-approved procedures.
When is it used?
- Material and process qualification
- Production lot acceptance
- Design allowables and substantiation
- Service failure investigation
Sample and project requirements
- Customer approvals and specification revisions must be stated in the request.
- Specimen orientation and location within the part are normally controlled.