We Finally Got to Rip up the Samples

Today was a big day. All our hard work and anticipation put into preparing the samples and waiting on the machine to be fixed was finally put to use. We successfully tested 10 NASA provided nylon samples on the high-speed test machine and are now able to analyze the data through our DIC results. I am very excited to see how the test results show up as these results will go directly to NASA to help them get a better understanding of why the fabric ripped on the last test and what types of stress and strain the fabric can withstand.

Here is a picture of some of the samples post-testing:

Thanks for reading

Nick Thompson