Test Facility for Composites and Their Constituents

	Photographs of Valve and same Valve modeled in FEA

Work station with two life-prediction algorithms for performing finite-element analysis (FEA) and reliability modeling work to predict probability of component survivability in known service environment and stress level:

• Mechanical test data from standard specimens. FEA data for stress in actual components.
• FEA support provided for other mechanical testing of monolithic ceramics and composites.