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Services to other research institutes and industry are provided in the following domains:
- Experimental testing
- static tests in tension/compression/bending/shear
- interlaminar shear tests
- fatigue tests in tension/compression/bending/shear
- dynamic tests (transversal impact, drop weight, high strain-rate)
- bird strike tests
- composite characterization (volumic mass, fibre volume content,...)
- ultrasonic inspection
- Numerical simulations
- finite element simulations with ABAQUS
Bird strike tests on aircraft engine blades
Characterization of carbon-epoxy rings for use in the Maeslant storm surge barrier (Rijkswaterstaat, Solico)
Finite element simulation of carbon/epoxy wind turbine blades (IPA, CNC Composites)
Inspection of sudden failure of a carbon/epoxy mast