Flexural corrosion machine advance model
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorsBruno Zamorano Senderos, Ethan L. Moore, Kristen S. Williams
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Abstract
In one aspect, a material testing apparatus includes an enclosure configured to control one or more of humidity, pressure, or temperature. The enclosure includes a jaw, a plate, a first planar wall disposed on top of the plate, and a second planar wall parallel to the first planar wall separated by a vertical wall. A motor or actuator is disposed exterior to the enclosure, in which the motor includes a drive shaft coupled to a plurality of guide rods that are in contact with the vertical wall.
Claims20
A material testing apparatus comprising:
- an enclosure configured to control one or more of humidity, pressure, or temperature, the enclosure comprising;
- a jaw;
- a plate;
- a first planar wall disposed on top of the plate;
- and
- a second planar wall parallel to the first planar wall separated by a vertical wall;
- and
- a motor or actuator disposed exterior to the enclosure, wherein the motor comprises a drive shaft coupled to a plurality of guide rods that are in contact with the vertical wall.
A method for determining material performance comprising:
- exposing a material system to a relative humidity of from 0% to 100% in a material testing apparatus and flexing the material system using a jaw in the apparatus at a first temperature in an enclosure of the apparatus, and a motor or actuator disposed exterior to the enclosure, wherein the motor comprises a drive shaft coupled to a plurality of guide rods that are in contact with a vertical wall connecting a first planar wall and a second planar wall located within the enclosure;
- and
- operating the motor or the actuator at a second temperature different from the first temperature during the flexing,
- the apparatus further comprising:
- a jaw secured to the vertical wall comprising one or more securing screws oriented symmetrically along the jaw and configured to clamp the material system in the jaw.
A material testing apparatus comprising:
- an enclosure for controlling at least one of humidity, pressure, or temperature;
- a plate within the enclosure;
- a structural assembly on the plate comprising:
- a first planar wall,
- a second planar wall parallel to the first planar wall, and
- a vertical wall extending between the first planar wall and the second planar wall;
- at least one jaw mounted to the vertical wall;
- a motor or actuator disposed exterior to the enclosure;
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- a plurality of guide rods coupled to the motor or actuator and bearing against the vertical wall.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.