In 1985, Pratt & Whitney (East Hartford, CT) commissioned an outside systems house to develop a proprietary computer-based creep system, ACTS (Automated Creep Test System). Written in Fortran and ...

Creep testers advance to the digital age. When machine parts must withstand extreme temperatures — 2,000°F in a jet engine, for example — it is an understatement to say that they need to be made of ...

One of Fokker Landing Gear’s new Messphysik Materials Testing creep-testing machines. To minimize the risk of damage due to hydrogen absorption in aircraft components, Fokker Landing Gear recently ...

A 1/3 scale prototype of Sierra Space's LIFE inflatable habitat was run through an Accelerated Systematic Creep Test within a NASA-designed disposable building. The testing has demonstrated that the ...

The Materials Science Laboratory is primarily used by the Mechanical Engineering students to support relevant courses and research activities. The Material Science laboratory consists of equipment ...