Material Behaviors

Understanding failure requires fundamental understanding of material properties, deformation, and cracking behavior. Material Forensics Engineering can help answer critical questions such as:

• • Why did a part bend or break?

  • How much weight can this part or structure support?

  • Is a better material available for the application?

Our adept knowledge of material behaviors and fractographic examination can help determine causes of failure including:

• • Fatigue, creep, stress relaxation, overload or abuse, material incompatibility (chemical or thermal).

Allow us to help improve your understanding of material behavior with our services, including:

• • Composition analysis and positive material identification (PMI), standard and custom mechanical testing, environmental testing, non-destructive testing (dye penetrant, magnetic particle testing, ultrasonic testing, phased-array ultrasonic testing), fracture examination (optical and electron microscopy)