Abstract: A multiaxial high cycle fatigue test system for testing bending, torsion, and tension of a test unit, comprises servo-hydraulic components, including a hydraulic service manifold, two small high frequency actuators along a first axis, and one large main actuator along a second axis
The large main actuator is used to apply a radial centrifugal force, and the two small actuators are used to apply vibratory loading; the two small side actuators being offset independently of each other, to enable the machine to apply both bending loads and torque to the test unit.
The test unit is subjected to torsion loading when the traverse actuators move in phase, that is when both actuators move either in or out at the same time. The test unit is subjected to bending loading when the actuators move out-of-phase, that is one actuator moves in when the other moves out or vice-versa.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 28, 2002
Date of Patent:
April 13, 2004
Assignees:
AdTech Systems Research, Inc., The United States of America as represented by the Secretary
of the Air Force
Inventors:
Ming Xie, Som R. Soni, Charles J. Cross, Gary E. Terborg