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The experienced laboratory technicians, combined with the diverse range of equipment in the Solid and Fracture Mechanics Laboratory (Solids Lab), can satisfy a broad range of material testing needs including standard and highly specialized fatigue and fracture tests.

• Tensile and compressive properties

• Fatigue, fatigue crack growth and fracture toughness

• Specialized fracture mechanics

• High-rate constitutive properties

• Corrosion fatigue and high-temperature fatigue (including LCF and TMF)

Quasi-static or cyclic test setups and evaluations can be conducted in the Solids Lab with a unique setup of complex and specialized fixtures. Extensive capabilities also exist for performing variable-amplitude, SCG tests in which the loads recorded during service (or theoretical design loads) are applied to the test coupon.

Data generated in the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) Solids Lab have been used by virtually all industries including aerospace, oil and gas, and transportation, as well as numerous government entities.

For more information about mechanical characterization and testing capabilities at SwRI or how you can contract with SwRI, please e-mail Carl Popelar, or call (210) 522-4213.
 

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Southwest Research Institute® (SwRI®), headquartered in San Antonio, Texas, is a multidisciplinary, independent, nonprofit, applied engineering and physical sciences research and development organization with 11 technical divisions.

February 15, 2008