Measuring Toughness and Structural Endurance
Impact and fatigue testing determine how materials perform when subjected to sudden shocks or repetitive cyclic loading. These tests simulate real-world operating conditions to ensure components retain integrity over their service life.
BQCIS provides comprehensive Charpy and Izod impact testing for evaluating material toughness, and high-cycle or low-cycle fatigue testing to assess crack initiation and propagation under cyclic stress.
Our laboratories utilize servo-hydraulic testing systems, instrumented pendulum testers, and strain-controlled fatigue rigs to deliver quantitative, repeatable data for industries including aerospace, automotive, oil & gas, and heavy manufacturing.
Key Activities in Impact & Fatigue Testing
Key Benefits of Impact & Fatigue Testing
Failure Prevention
Identifies weaknesses and fatigue-prone regions early in design, preventing catastrophic failure.
Predictive Maintenance
Provides data to establish inspection intervals and fatigue life predictions for safety-critical assets.
Performance Verification
Validates product reliability and ensures compliance with fatigue and impact standards such as ASTM E23 and ISO 148.
Quality Assurance
Supports OEMs and suppliers with traceable reports for material qualification and product certification.
Success Story
Fatigue Life Assessment for Automotive Suspension Systems
An automotive OEM required fatigue validation of control arm assemblies exposed to repetitive road-induced loads over long-term cycles.
BQCIS conducted high-cycle fatigue tests up to 10⁷ cycles using servo-hydraulic test frames with real-time deflection monitoring to simulate operational stress patterns.
The tested assemblies met endurance requirements with a safety margin of +15%, supporting the OEM’s durability claim and global homologation approval.