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Impact testing on plastic components used in cars and motorcycles determines their response to a sudden high-speed mechanical impact, providing invaluable safety information.
A wide range of new materials are being used to decrease the weight of vehicles and reduce emissions. Of these new materials, continuous carbon fiber polymer composites offer great potential for producing lightweight structures, however, there are many barriers to their widespread adoption.
A compression after impact (CAI) test is used to define the damage resistance of composites after an impact event. An impact on a composite laminate panel may result in no visible external damage, but it may generate a dramatic reduction of compressive strength.
Rubber mounts, such as those used to connect a vehicle’s engine and transmission to its chassis are required to reduce the transmission of vibrations, protecting the rigid frame and leading to a more comfortable ride. The elastomeric material used in these components tend to naturally degrade.
Vehicle loads that typically result from the combustion process, switching operations and the braking effect of the engine, as well as from the driving maneuvers must be simulated realistically
Ever-shorter development cycles for cars and commercial vehicles impose significant time constraints on producers and developers. Testing of full vehicles is required to validate the vehicle structure and is often carried out on 4-poster systems
Ever increasing expectations for vehicle reliability, performance and comfort drive the need to test the complete vehicle under a wide variety of conditions.
Growing demands on the comfort and reliability of vehicles require functional and life-time tests of components or complete systems to avoid hazards for humans and the environment or economic damage for the manufacturer.
Bend testing is vital in drawing conclusions about the forming behavior and the susceptibility to failure of metallic materials during the forming processes dominated by bending deformation but also during crash deformation.
Globally, there are increasing efforts to reduce the weight of automobiles, increasing fuel efficiency which aids in the reduction of emissions. Various grades of steel have been the predominant material used for manufacturing automobiles chassis' and body. Tensile testing is a critical requirement of understanding the performance of new materials being used in automobile manufacture.
