By implementing the appropriate environmental tests these engineers are able to verify that failures will occur in the lab, not in flight. This process has led to the development of more rugged aircraft products.

Climatic environmental tests – Climatic chambers are used to stress aircraft hardware with hot and cold temperature extremes, humidity, altitude, sunlight, sand-and-dust, salt spray, and others.

Dynamic environmental tests – Our greatest emphasis has been on sinusoidal and random vibration and mechanical shocks.

Accelerated life tests – These tests are like a view of the future – identifying the weakest areas of design so they can be modified prior to deployment.

Formal training:

Don’t engineers study these subjects in college? Most university instruction deals with mathematics and theory. Little if any instruction deals with the practical matters that many engineers need, and for which ERI is justly famous.

Here are outlines whose variations have been given onsite to numerous aircraft and aircraft parts manufactures:

• • CLI 540 – Fundamentals of Climatics Testing, HALT, HASS & ESS
  • V&S 510 – Fundamentals of Vibration and Shock Testing, Measurement, Analysis and Calibration also HALT, HASS & ESS
  • MILST 510 – MIL-STD-810 Testing – Understanding, Planning and Performing Dynamic and Climatic Tests

Let us know if your organization would like a proposal for onsite training. Or if an individual would like to join one of our open courses.