Test Laboratories and Capabilities
Texas Institute of Science has access to a large number of extensive test facilities within its network.
- MECHANICAL TESTING
- Vibration
- Fatigue
- Coating
- Abrasion
- Friction
- Fracture and fracture toughness
- Welding
- Cracking
- Pipe and connections testing
- Stress
- Life time prediction
- NON-DESTRUCTIVE TESTING
- Liquid Penetrant Testing
- Magnetic Particle Inspection
- Complex Eddy-Current Testing
- Ultrasonic Testing
- Radiographic Testing
- Electromagnetic methods
- Low frequency methods
- FAILIURE ANALYSIS
- Fracture Evaluation
- Fatigue
- Fractography
- Overload
- Ductile/Brittle Failures
- Chemical Attack
- Cracking
- Contamination and Corrosion Analysis
- Welding Analysis
- Reverse Engineering of Components
- Environmental exposure
- METALLURGICAL ANALYSIS
- Particle Analysis
- Scanning Electron Microscopy
- Energy Dispersive X-Ray Spectroscopy
- X-Ray Fluorescence
- Quantitative Image Analysis & Surface Topography
- Porosity Evaluation
- Fractography
- Welding Qualification
- Optical Emission Spectroscopy
- Induced Coupled Plasma Spectroscopy
- Positive Material Identification
- Raman spectroscopy
- Alloy Verification / Identification
- COATING AND PLATING ANALYSIS
- Thickness
- Solvent resistance
- Cure testing
- Contamination analysis
- Peel testing
- Chemical analysis
- CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
- Metals
- Alloys
- Oxides, Glasses and Ceramics
- Coatings
- Oils and Fluids
- Hydraulic Fluids
- Lubricants
- Lubricants Thermal Analysis
- Lubricants and Fluids Compatibility
- Biodegradability of Lubricants and Fluids
- Trace Analysis
- Ferrography
- Liquid Fuels
- Fuel Test Methods (ASTM, IP, DIN, ISO)
- Fuel and Lubricant Additives
- Biofuels
- Ethanol Fuels
- Fluids Rheology
- Rubbers & Plastics
- Polymers and Additives Identification
- THERMAL ANALYSIS
- Differential scanning calorimetry
- Thermo gravimetric analysis
- Thermo mechanical analysis
- Differential thermal analysis
- Dynamic mechanical analysis
- Dielectric thermal analysis
- POLYMER TESTING
- Composites
- Alloys and Blends
- Degree of crystallinity
- Accelerated aging (heat, fluids)
- Biodegradability (identification, degree and rate)
- Coefficient of thermal expansion
- Flammability
- Melt flow rate & viscosity
- Melting point and glass transition
- Electrical properties
- Water absorption
- Tensile, flexural, & compressive properties
- UV exposure
- Creep & fatigue
- Friction
- Taber abrasion
- Analytical Testing (Chromatography, Spectrometry, X-Ray
- Fluorescence, X-Ray Diffraction, NMR Spectroscopy)
- Thermal Analysis
- Rheological Analysis
- CORROSION TESTING
- Identification of corrodents
- Stress corrosion cracking
- Estimation of components service life
- Corrosiveness of Fluids
- Corrosion Rates of Metals
- Inter granular Corrosion
- Pitting Corrosion
- Hydrogen-Induced Cracking Test
- Sulfide Stress Corrosion Cracking
- Chloride Stress Corrosion
- Galvanic Corrosion
- MicrobiologicalCorrosion
- Environmental Simulation
- Corrosion Failure Analysis
- Corrosive Properties of Petroleum Refined Products
- CIVIL ENGINEERING/STRUCTUAL AND SEISMIC TESTING
- Life time prediction
- Vibration
- Fatigue
- Building material testing
- Welding testing
- Seismic tests
- Environmental impact
- ELECTRICAL/ELECTRONIC TESTS
- Electronic components
- Energy efficiency
- Renewable energy sources
- Power electronics
- Electronic circuits
- Wireless devices
- Sensors
- High power transmission
