Inside the massive testing hangars across Seattle and Everett, the world's biggest jetliners are turned into mechanical lab rats. Hydraulic actuators yank their wings skyward, compressors simulate ...
In a first for the construction industry, researchers have developed a virtual vibration test rig (VTR) capable of simulating the fatigue life of dozer push arms with unprecedented accuracy. This ...
Boeing has begun fatigue testing on the structural airframe of the 787 Dreamliner. Fatigue testing involves placing the 787 test airframe into a test rig that simulates multiple lifecycles to test how ...