Custom Solutions

Custom-made fixtures for composites testing and characterization developed at CRNO

Puncture resistance custom test fixture
Designer: Felix Nordmark
PI: Dr. Abbas Milani

Detection of holes setup
Designer: Felix Nordmark
PI: Dr. Abbas Milani
In-house embedded-sensor fabric peel tester fixture
Designer: Connor Keegan
PI: Dr. Abbas Milani
Combined biaxial/shear(Wrinkling) fixture for soft and cured specimens (Gen 1)
In collaboration with City College of New York & NAVSEA
PI: Dr. Abbas Milani

Custom Inter-ply/Tool-ply friction fixture for dry and prepreg fabrics – Pressure/Temperature-controlled
Designer: Armin Rashidi
PI: Dr. Abbas Milani
Frame-less needle integrated picture frame test for fabric shear characterization
Designer: Hossein Montazerian
PI: Dr. Abbas Milani
Fabric bending tester with load/unload capability
Designer: Behnaz Khatir
PI: Dr. Abbas Milani

Slip-compaction test for investigation of inter/intra ply mechanisms during prepreg consolidation
Designer: Armin Rashidi
PI: Dr. Abbas Milani

Custom designed Biaxial Picture Frame Tester with high temperature capability
Designers: NYC & NAVSEA
PI: Dr. Abbas Milani

Forced Polymer Impregnation set-up
Designers: Daanvir Karan Dhir and Reeghan Osmond
PI: Dr. Abbas Milani

Resin Infusion set-up
Designers: Olivia Helena Margoto and Reeghan Osmond
PI: Dr. Abbas Milani