Failure analysis is the investigation of the cause(s) of failure and recommended remedial steps to avoid future failure. We can help you identify the root cause(s) of failure - material, processing, design, or service related. Applications Root cause effect of failures Failure analysis of extruded or molded parts, composites, and plastics Fracture modes and mechanisms Environmental effects on parts performance Design improvement of parts Stress analysis and stimulation of actual service conditions Processing method evaluation and corrective action suggestions Sample There are exceptions, but most samples can be analyzed. Instrumented Impact Testing Impact load is an instant application of load where the stress is increased suddenly. We're able to perform Drop Weight or Charpy testing. Applications Toughness versus brittleness of materials Effective of temperature on impact properties Notch sensitivity and crack propagation resistance Ductile/Brittle transition temperature Material ranking Sample The smallest sample dimension is about 2.5”x2.5”. Maximum sample thickness is about 2”. Fatigue Fatigue is the process that causes failure of a material subjected to cyclic loading under the ultimate values. Applications Lifetime prediction Crack propagation Fracture toughness measurements Hysteretic behavior Allowable stress levels Product evaluation Sample We can test samples machined out from a actual part or as a molded ASTM sample.