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Uses of environmental chambers

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Humidity or temperature chambers are used for climate testing, while vibration and stress chambers are typically used for mechanical testing, such as evaluating the product’s performance under shock or vibration. Vacuum or pressure variables are frequently used in stress tests.

Electronics, solar or fuel cell products, automotive products, and other products with highly stringent test requirements all use stress and vibration chambers. The objective is to test the material’s limitations beyond what is considered “normal”.

During the design phase, the Highly Accelerated Life Test, or the HALT test, identifies potential flaws and ultimately enhances the product. [Read more…] about Uses of environmental chambers

Kingetics makes ‘big innovations’ in footwear-exoskeleton-robotic ambulation science

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By Dakota Grossman, writer, and Dr Steven King, managing member, Kingetics

Kingetics, a small veteran owned startup company has developed and tested new technology that has shown significant improvements in protecting our soldiers as well as improving the gait of mechanical walking systems.

Load carriage and high impact forces on the lower limbs are often cited as leading causes of musculoskeletal injuries. Injury rates during military training range from 1 per cent to 16 per cent, and up to 30 per cent in elite  infantry  units.

Data from Podiatry Arena shows that there are about 32,000 broken bones per year during military combat, costing the US Department of Defense an estimated $240,000,000 in medical expenses.
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RBF Morph speeds real-time design-data feedback

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As engineers in industry and research look to develop digital twins of their physical products – with the longer-term goal of integration with the industrial internet of things – the pivotal importance of up-front, accurate, real-time modeling and simulation to optimize both manufacturing and product performance is becoming very clear.

Enabling the development of this critical functionality is RBF Morph, a technology deeply embedded within Ansys’ newly released R3 version of its advanced engineering software suite, in particular the Ansys Twin Builder systems-design tool.

Also available as a standalone product, RBF Morph provides advanced mesh-morphing capabilities that enable rapid prediction of the outcomes of design changes. [Read more…] about RBF Morph speeds real-time design-data feedback