APPLICATIONS
Elevating Material Testing Across Industries
Discover how DIC technology transforms precision measurement and analysis in various sectors.
Applications
MercuryRT’s Digital Image Correlation (DIC) technology provides significant benefits for a variety of applications, particularly in the fields of material testing, civil engineering, automotive, and aerospace. The software’s modularity and advanced features make it suitable for analyzing extension and contraction, full-field strain or deformation, necking, and temperature variations, ensuring high precision in data collection and analysis.
Civil Engineering
In civil engineering, MercuryRT can be utilized for testing roof beams, cranes, bridge constructions, riveted joints, timber, concrete structures, and building statics. The system can effectively analyze:
- Roof beams: Detecting deflection and bending stresses under loads.
- Cranes: Evaluating structural integrity and deformation under operational loads.
- Bridge constructions: Monitoring deformation under live loads, thermal expansion, and vibration analysis.
- Riveted joints: Assessing the displacement field and local strains.
- Timber: Identifying material properties, such as modulus of elasticity and Poisson’s ratio.
- Concrete structures: Analyzing crack propagation, shrinkage, and stress distribution.
- Building statics: Evaluating load-bearing capacity and stability.
Railways
MercuryRT is essential for analyzing rails, welded joints, suspension and brakes endurance, transmissions, and engines. Its capabilities include:
- Rails: Investigating wear and fatigue, track buckling, and stress distribution.
- Welded joints: Assessing quality and fatigue life of welds.
- Suspension & brakes endurance: Analyzing performance and wear under various load conditions.
- Transmissions & engines: Studying vibration, stress, and strain distributions.
- Power line poles: Monitoring deformation and stresses under wind and ice loads
In shipyards, MercuryRT supports testing of welded joints, gearing, propellers, and loading systems. Key analyses include:
- Welded joints: Evaluating weld quality and fatigue behaviour.
- Gearing: Analyzing contact stress, tooth deformation, and wear.
- Propellers: Studying hydrodynamic performance, cavitation, and structural integrity.
- Anchor chains: Assessing stress distribution and fatigue life.
- Loading systems & cranes: Investigating load capacity, structural stability, and deformation under operational conditions.
- Rivets shearing: Analyzing the stress distribution and potential failure points.
- Rope flexibility: Studying the material’s elasticity, fatigue life, and deformation under load.
Automotive
In the automotive sector, MercuryRT enables testing of torque and vibration transfer, welding quality, and body twisting, making it vital for:
- Torque & vibration transfer: Studying driveline components under various load conditions.
- Welding quality: Assessing the strength and fatigue life of welded joints.
- Body twisting: Evaluating vehicle body rigidity and deformation under cornering and torsional loads.
- Various engine, clutch, brakes, transmissions tests: Analyzing performance, wear, and thermal influences on components.
- Tire deflection test: Analyzing tire performance and safety under various load conditions.
Aerospace
MercuryRT supports testing in aerospace by analyzing wings, joints, and jet-engine components. Applications include:
- Wings deflection: Monitoring wing deformation under various load and aerodynamic conditions.
- Joints: Assessing the quality and fatigue life of bonded, welded, or riveted joints.
- Body structure pressure resistance: Evaluating the deformation and stresses in the fuselage under pressure changes.
- Hydraulic systems leakage: Detecting leaks and assessing the structural integrity of hydraulic components.
- Jet-engine components: Analyzing engine components’ stress distribution, vibration, and fatigue.
Military
For military applications, MercuryRT assesses impact tests on helmets, firearms resistance, and blast loading on structures, focusing on:
- Impact tests on helmets & body armour: Evaluating the effectiveness of protective gear by analyzing deformation, energy absorption, and stress distribution under various impact scenarios.
- Firearms & cannons resistance: Assessing the structural integrity, fatigue life, and stress distribution in firearms and cannon components under repeated firing loads.
- Blast loading on structures and vehicles: Studying the deformation, stress propagation, and failure mechanisms of structures and vehicles subjected to blast loading.
- Ballistic impact on transparent armour: Investigating the deformation and failure mechanisms of transparent armour materials, such as bullet-resistant glass, under ballistic impact.
- Military vehicle suspension and drivetrain: Analyzing the performance, durability, and stresses in suspension and drivetrain components under various operating conditions.
Healthcare
In healthcare, MercuryRT can be used for precise biomechanical analysis, providing valuable insights into the deformation and strain of biological tissues and medical devices testing, focusing on:
- Implant Testing: Evaluating the mechanical stability of implants under load conditions to ensure their durability and patient safety.
- Surgical Tools: Assessing strain and deformation in surgical tools during use, ensuring precision and reliability in operations.
- Bone Deformation: Monitoring stress distribution and deformation in bones during movement or surgical interventions, aiding in better treatment planning.
Mining
In mining, MercuryRT can be used to assess drilling rigs, transporters, and jackhammers, providing insights on:
- Drilling rigs: Evaluating structural integrity, wear, and stresses under drilling loads.
- Transporters: Assessing vehicle suspension, chassis deformation, and component fatigue.
- Jackhammers: Analyzing impact forces, tool wear, and vibration effects on operators.
- Sharpening tools: Investigating material removal, tool wear, and surface quality.
Material Testing
- 2D/3D Video extensometer (VEX)
- Extension and contraction measurement (longitudinal, transversal)
- Chain probe tool for rebar measurement
- Neck gauge detection tool
- Virtual strain gauge tool
- Natural pattern measurement
- High-temperature measurement
- Crack length propagation measurement
- Cycle counting in fatigue tests
Component Testing
- Static, quasistatic, dynamic measurement
- Full-field strain distribution measurement
- Integrated high-speed camera
- Point and area measurement of motion
- Sampling synchronisation with the dynamic and periodic events
- Kinematic analysis
- API for customised I/O communication and control
- Pressure chamber measurement
- Thermomechanical measurement
- Thermal camera integration
- FLC (forming limit curve) analysis and evaluation
- Bulge test analysis (sheet metals, rubber)
Vibration Analysis
- Video stroboscopy functionality
- Modal vibration testing
- Operational deflection shapes measurement
- Measurement of displacement, velocity, acceleration, and strain
- FFT, Campbell diagram, power spectral density, crest factor determination
- Vibrographic sync-box with shaker control
- Integrated high-speed camera I/O
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