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Fatigue Testing
Fatigue is the resistance of a material to fail during cyclical loading.
Failure Analysis
Once a failure has occurred, our experienced metallurgical engineers can determine if the failure was due to fatigue, or other root causes, by performing a thorough and methodical failure analysis investigation.
Our team will guide you through the information, documentation, and sample collection process to provide the foundation for a successful investigation.
Material Selection
You can use us as an extension of your design team to select materials that are fit for the intended application, as well as for the stresses and environment they will be used in. To learn more, click here.
Testing
Materials selected can be verified for use and their endurance range by cyclical fatigue testing through a range of stresses for a varying number of cycles.
Examples of fatigue investigations include:
- Cree-fatigue of boiler components
- HCF and LCF of turbine blades
- Fatigue-vibration of pipes
- Fretting fatigue of bearings
- Fatigue failures in bolts.
Past Webinars
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Failure Analysis - What Engineers Need to Know
This webinar, presented by Sara Randall, Senior Materials Engineer, describes the general processes applied to a typical failure analysis of a metal component.
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Your Metal Component Has Failed in Fatigue - What do you do next?
This webinar, presented by Julius Bonini, Principal Consultant, Metallurgy, provides a blueprint for the typical procedures which should be applied when a component fails in fatigue.