High Velocity Impact Testing Device

impact testing upgrades

Design and fabrication of a testing apparatus to improve the performance and repeatability of impact testing in the Yale Mechanical Engineering Teaching Lab including a high velocity impact tester for NASA Thermal Protective Systems (TPS) tiles and an impact hammer device for high strain rate tensile/compression testing in addition to Charpy/Izod tests.

Students: Brandon Choo; Gavin Copper; Alexis Doran; Henry Aguirre

Labeled project overview
Team at NASA Ames
Pneumatic Pellet Launcher

Below is the research poster for the High Speed Impact Testing group. 

Poster