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Aerospace and Defense Static and Fatigue Structural Testing

​Aircraft, space-launch vehicles, satellites, and missiles undergo extensive continuous fatigue testing to prove that they will survive the stresses of flight before deployment. Because structural test and mechanical engineering teams want to be confident that they will pass the months- or years-long tests, preliminary structural testing must gather enough information about possible failure points to improve the design before beginning fatigue test. Test requirements include:
 

  • Minimizing the risk of structure, equipment, and measurement failures during fatigue test

  • Gathering enough information about the structure from preliminary static testing before beginning fatigue test

  • Optimizing the structural design to withstand stress by connecting the test data to the design and subsequent test runs

NI Static and Fatigue Structural Test Systems for 100 to 2,000 Strain Channels

  • CompactDAQ hardware includes the NI-9235 and NI-9237 strain measurement modules for the best measurement specifications per channel cost 

  • FlexLogger™ data-logging software manages all measurement channels and aggregates data from all sensors in a single project

  • SystemLink™ data management software makes structural measurement data available to test engineers and analysts  

Solution Advantages

  • CompactDAQ hardware reduces sensor wiring and increases accuracy, even in outdoor facilities

  • CompactDAQ hardware facilitates true redundancy with multiple full measurement channels from the sensor to the analog-to-digital converter

  • Flexible solution fits with multiple sensor types and NI hardware and software products, including FieldDAQ and LabVIEW

  • Time-sensitive networking and CompactDAQ hardware include industry-standard large-scale cabling connectivity for synchronized system data

  • ​FlexLogger software imports sensor configurations and manages and analyzes test data, even during the test process

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Structural Test Solutions that Reduce the Risk of Fatigue Test Failures

Learn more about NI’s structural test solutions with this webinar.

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