Nondestructive evaluation (NDE) for heterogenous materials (e.g., fiber-reinforced polymer composites, electronic chips, 3D-printed materials) under external loadings (e.g., impact, tension/compression, bending, thermal cycling, etc.)

• Multi-material polymer 3D printing based on material jetting. 

• Has a unique capability to print samples made of soft and stiff materials with arbitray architected structural patterns.

• 5kN to 500 kN force range

• Crack Propagation

• Thermal Mechanical Fatigue

• Equipped with an environmental chamber

• 2 x Blackfly S USB3 cameras, Model: BFS-U3-19S4C-C: 1.9 MP, 131 FPS

• 1 x Firefly DL camera, Model: Model: FFY-U3-16S2C-C-DL: 1.6 MP, 60 FPS

• 8 ft height

• High-speed imaging and DIC

• Heavy duty up to 300 J impact energy

• High-speed DAQ

• FLIR A6781 MWIR camera

• Real-time temperature field streaming

• -20°C to 350°C 

• 50mm lens, 3.0-5.0µm, f/2.5 (4215500)

• Vallen AMSY6 AE system 

• 4-channel AE sensing

• AE sensor, 100-900 kHz, ceramic face 

• Real-time AE data streaming

• Under construction