Fatigue and fracture mechanics tests on specimens as well as on components
in a wide range of conditions
Assessment of the influence of materials selection, design, manufacturing,
service and loading conditions on the service loading fatigue reliability of
components and systems as well as damage evaluation
Analysis and development of constitutive law, damage models and failure
concepts as well as their implementation into finite element codes
Simulation of the behaviour of specimens and components including damage
behaviour under inelastic loading
Equipment and methods of investigation
Servo-hydraulic and servo-mechanical testing machines as well as single
test cylinders with load capacities between 10 kN and 20 MN
Rotating bending facilities with momentum up to 120 Nm
Electrodynamic shakers for 100 N up to 26 kN maximum force
Instrumented Charpy testing machines from 50 J up to 750 J
Finite element codes ADINA and ABAQUS on RISC workstations
Service
Presentations and publications can be found in the "PUBLICA" database
