The maker of a commercial mower wanted to validate the durability of a new component design by (1) capturing operating loads on the existing design and (2) using finite element techniques and the strain test data to predict fatigue life. A SixD engineer designed the measurement methods and instrumentation that were used to capture loads data under a variety of operating conditions; data was then fed through the fatigue analysis process.

Benefit:  Customer was able to quickly validate a newly designed component, gaining confidence in the durability of the new design.

Services:
Test methods development
Custom instrumentation design
Data analysis & interpretation