ONERA-Mechanical Testing Center

1 – Mechanical test laboratory for metallic materials for characterizing mechanisms of viscoplasticity, damage (fatigue/creep) and uniaxial / multiaxial cracking at high temperature
– 4-cylinder, 25 tons biaxial machine with 900°C chamber
– uniaxial fatigue machines (40 kN / 1200°C, 100 kN / 1200°C, 100 kN / 1400°C and surface gradient / 160 kN / 1200°C)
– 30 creep-testing machines (including 3 vacuum machines, one up to 1500°C)
– 2 static machines (with 1400°C resistive furnaces)
– 2 traction-torsion-internal pressure machines (63 kN / 500 N.m / 1500 b gas / 1200°C et 200 kN / 10 kN.m / 1000 b oil)
2- Facilities… for dynamic characterization of materials and basic assemblies
– servo-hydraulic jacks, Hopkinson bars
… for structural qualification
– 15 m crash tower
– ballistic firing range, compressed air launchers
… with fast data acquisition systems, fast digital cameras (up to 400,000 im/s), and a suite of software tools for data processing and exploitation.
3- Mechanical test laboratory for composite materials
– nanoindentation benches (room and high temperature, scratch test)
– static test machines (from 1 to 1500 kN) with temperature chambers
– 500 kN uniaxial fatigue machine
– 1.2 kN biaxial bending machine
– low-speed impact tests
– DMA