Testing

Testing and Modeling of Polymers: High Rate and Traditional Testing

Design engineers often use polymers in impact protection applications, and these designs experience high strain rates during impact.  Polymers are viscoplastic by nature, so the material response is highly dependent on the strain rate.  Collecting data on your polymer (elastomer, thermo

Advanced Testing and Modeling of Polymers for FE Simulation

This course is intended for finite element (FE) engineers that simulate polymers and are interested in advancing their modeling skills to the most advanced material models available for polymers.  We will review the foundations of continuum mechanics for material modeling and dive into advanced material model calibrations, including inverse calibrations, failure modeling, and anisotropic material modeling.

Advanced Testing and Modeling of Polymers for FE Simulation

This course is intended for finite element (FE) engineers that simulate polymers and are interested in advancing their modeling skills to the most advanced material models available for polymers.  We will review the foundations of continuum mechanics for material modeling and dive into advanced material model calibrations, including inverse calibrations, failure modeling, and anisotropic material modeling.

Advanced Testing and Modeling of Polymers for FE Simulation

This course is intended for finite element (FE) engineers that simulate polymers and are interested in advancing their modeling skills to the most advanced material models available for polymers. We will review the foundations of continuum mechanics for material modeling and dive into advanced material model calibrations, including inverse calibrations, failure modeling, and anisotropic material modeling.

Testing and Modeling of Polymers for FE Simulation

This course is intended for finite element (FE) engineers that simulate polymers and are interested in advancing their modeling skills beyond hyperelastic material models.  The class covers the foundations of continuum mechanics for material modeling, including hyperelasticity, metal plasticity, linear viscoelasticity, and advanced viscoplastic material models.  The class also covers test methods and discuss how to design test plans for material modeling. 

Testing and Modeling of Polymers for FE Simulation

This course is intended for finite element (FE) engineers that simulate polymers and are interested in advancing their modeling skills beyond hyperelastic material models.  The class covers the foundations of continuum mechanics for material modeling, including hyperelasticity, metal plasticity, linear viscoelasticity, and advanced viscoplastic material models.  The class also covers test methods and discuss how to design test plans for material modeling. 

Testing and Modeling of Polymers for FE Simulation

This course is intended for finite element (FE) engineers that simulate polymers and are interested in advancing their modeling skills beyond hyperelastic material models.  The class covers the foundations of continuum mechanics for material modeling, including hyperelasticity, metal plasticity, linear viscoelasticity, and advanced viscoplastic material models.  The class also covers test methods and discuss how to design test plans for material modeling. 

Testing and Modeling of Polymers: High Rate and Traditional Testing

Design engineers often use polymers in impact protection applications, and these designs experience high strain rates during impact.  Polymers are viscoplastic by nature, so the material response is highly dependent on the strain rate.  Collecting data on your polymer (elastomer, thermo

Adhesive Testing and Material Model Calibration for FEA of Bonded Joints--2023

In this free, one-hour webinar, we will share the basics of how to develop material models for adhesives to be used in commercial finite element analysis (FEA) codes.  We will cover both continuum material modeling and cohesive zone modeling. 

Advanced DMA Methods: Using Time-Temperature Superposition

In this free, one-hour webinar, we will share the basics of how a dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA) instrument can be used to measure the temperature- and time-dependent properties of materials.  We will then discuss time-temperature superposition, a technique for extrapolating the mechanica

Customizing Mechanical Test Methods for Medical Device R&D

In this free, 45-min webinar, we will discuss some of the challenges engineers face when obtaining mechanical properties of materials and components used in medical devices and we will share strategies for designing non-standard mechanical test methods to meet these challenges.

High Rate Testing of Polymers for Finite Element Analysis (FEA)

In this free, one-hour webinar, we will discuss the importance of rate dependence of polymers, methods to measure material response at quasi-static and impact strain rates, and how to use this data to inform and optimize your component design. 

High-Rate Testing of Adhesives and Composites

The high-rate mechanical properties of adhesives and composites are important for numerous industries, including automotive, consumer electronics, and defense. In this webinar, we will demonstrate how to characterize composites and adhesive joints to understand joint performance under impact loading conditions. We will discuss how recent innovations in high-speed imaging can be leveraged to characterize structural adhesives at high strain rates.

Interfacial Stress and Delamination in Layered Structures

This webinar will introduce the mechanics of interfacial stress and delamination in layered structures, with the goal of helping engineers better predict and prevent delamination failures. We will survey the sources and basic characteristics of mechanical stress at interfaces as well as introduce the practical experimental, analytical, and computational approaches available for analyzing delamination failures.

Interfacial Stress and Delamination in Layered Structures

This webinar will introduce the mechanics of interfacial stress and delamination in layered structures, with the goal of helping engineers better predict and prevent delamination failures. We will survey the sources and basic characteristics of mechanical stress at interfaces as well as introduce the practical experimental, analytical, and computational approaches available for analyzing delamination failures.