Ser­vo-hy­draulic test fa­cil­i­ty

Biaxial crossmatch testing using a 560 millimetre by 925 millimetre test field, supported by digital image correlation
Bi­ax­i­al cross­match test­ing us­ing a 560 mil­lime­tre by 925 mil­lime­tre test field, sup­port­ed by dig­i­tal im­age cor­re­la­tion
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Biaxial crossmatch testing using a 560 millimetre by 925 millimetre test field, supported by digital image correlation

This large-scale fa­cil­i­ty at the Ger­man Aerospace Cen­ter (DLR) In­sti­tute of Ma­te­ri­als Re­search in Cologne op­er­ates ten uni­ax­i­al and bi­ax­i­al ser­vo-hy­draulic test­ing ma­chines, mak­ing it the beat­ing heart of the In­sti­tute’s me­chan­i­cal ma­te­ri­als test­ing ca­pa­bil­i­ty.
Mirror furnace of the thermal gradient mechanical fatigue (TGMF) test facility
Mir­ror fur­nace of the ther­mal gra­di­ent me­chan­i­cal fa­tigue (TGMF) test fa­cil­i­ty
Image 2/2, Credit: DLR (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0)

Mirror furnace of the thermal gradient mechanical fatigue (TGMF) test facility

This large-scale fa­cil­i­ty at the Ger­man Aerospace Cen­ter (DLR) In­sti­tute of Ma­te­ri­als Re­search in Cologne op­er­ates ten uni­ax­i­al and bi­ax­i­al ser­vo-hy­draulic test­ing ma­chines, mak­ing it the beat­ing heart of the in­sti­tute’s me­chan­i­cal ma­te­ri­als test­ing ca­pa­bil­i­ty.

This large-scale facility at the German Aerospace Center (DLR) Institute of Materials Research in Cologne operates ten uniaxial and biaxial servo-hydraulic testing machines, making it the beating heart of the Institute’s mechanical materials testing capability.

What makes the test facility special is its flexibility; the machines can be retrofitted and adapted according to the requirements of different projects and tasks. As such, this system is useful for the entire scope of materials science offered by the Institute, and also serves external partners and clients in the field of materials testing, assessment and characterisation of metallic, ceramic, composite and hybrid materials.

Test forces for any load conditions

When used in combination with the Institute’s centralised microanalysis and metallography facilities, the test facility enables researchers to comprehensively examine materials in terms of fracture mechanics.

The parameters and data generated with these systems are used in numerical models across the whole Institute and by external partners and clients. They also directly support scientific papers and the expansion of knowledge in materials science.

Contact
  • Volker Speelmann
    Head of Re­search In­fras­truc­tures
    Ger­man Aerospace Cen­ter (DLR)
    Telephone: +49 2203 601-4103
    Fax: +49 2203 601 4115
    Linder Höhe
    51147 Cologne
    Contact
  • Janine Wischek
    Ger­man Aerospace Cen­ter (DLR)
    In­sti­tute of Ma­te­ri­als Re­search
    Me­chan­i­cal Test­ing of Ma­te­ri­als
    Telephone: +49 2203 601-2833
    Fax: +49 2203 696480
    Linder Höhe
    51147 Cologne

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