3 Day Open Conference

Structural Testing of the Eclispe 500 at Southwest Research Institute
Wednesday 19th November 2008
16.20 - 16.40
Auditorium 1

Static structural testing of the Eclipse 500 was completed at SwRI in 2005 with the fatigue test currently ongoing. This presentation will present an overview of the structural certification test efforts, focusing on the unique challenges encountered designing and executing these tests for the Eclipse 500.

About the Speaker(s):

Paul Till
Sr. Research Engineer
Southwest Research Institute, USA

Paul Till is the lead test engineer and assistant project manager for the Eclispe 500 structural test progam at Southwest Research Institute. Paul has been employed at SwRI for 12 years, focusing on projects in the technical areas of structural dynamics, structural testing and acoustics.