Structural tests
Structural tests are indispensable for the development and certification of aircraft to guarantee efficient and safe in-service operation. Our services cover all levels of the test pyramid. We test and analyse entire aircraft structures and subsystems as well as individual components, parts and material samples, in particular their fatigue and strength characteristics.
Test items range from all categories of civilian aircraft to military fighter jets. Besides experimental testing facilities and computer simulations, we offer our customers a unique combination of experiment and analysis – a service we have been offering for over 60 years.
- Fatigue tests
- Fatigue tests on complete airframes, subsystems and components
- Investigations into damage tolerance characteristics, crack initiation and propagation
- Static load tests
- Static load tests of complete airframes, subsystems, components and parts, including effects of thermal constraints
- Determination of deformations, stiffness, fracture strength and fracture behaviour
- Residual strength tests
- Other structural tests regarding
- Aging characteristics
- Corrosion
- Wear
- VDA ISA TISAX zertifiziert für die Labels „Informationen mit sehr hohem Schutzbedarf“, „Prototypenschutz“ und „Datenschutz“ für die Standorte Ottobrunn und Lichtenau
- ISO 14001
- ISO 9001
- DIN EN ISO/IEC 17025 for Fatigue Strength Laboratory
- DIN EN ISO/IEC 17025 für das Betriebsfestigkeitslabor - Verzeichnis der Prüfverfahren
- ISO 9001 (Location Dresden)
- EN 9100
- EN 9100, AS910, JISQ 9100
- Kopter Group AG Industrial Maturity Management Audit, 2020
- Airbus S.A.S., 2010, 2011, 2017
- Airbus Helicopters, 2015
- Eurocopter, 2012
- Bombardier Aerospace, 2012
- EADS Elbe Flugzeugwerke GmbH, 2011
- ASCO Industries N.V., 2011
- AREVA NP GmbH, 2007
- Rolls-Royce Deutschland Ltd & Co KG, 2007
- MTU Aero Engines, 2004
- Patria Finavicomp Oy (Finnland), 2004
- Airbus Deutschland GmbH, 2002
- Verizon, Underwriters Laboratories Inc. (USA) 2002