The preliminary results of individual detector component tests and of the prototype performance at test-beams are reported here.
Both component tests and full system tests were undertaken so that the code could be debugged and corrected during the course of the implementation.
The findings also revealed that testing within S2, S3, and S4 involved performing a number of activities as part of the testing process, including: hypothetical testing; component testing; and full testing.
The approach is based on a reliable numerical modelling validated by several experimental tests that include both component tests and full-scale impact tests.
Parameters for the numerical model were validated by a series of component tests, and a shaking table test on a high-rise SMRF substructure.
For the quasi-static component tests and simulations, a good agreement was observed in terms of both force deformation curves and failure mechanisms.
The elasto-plastic stress strain notch analysis model provides more efficient and simple analysis method preferable to expensive experimental component tests and more complex and time consuming incremental non-linear FE analysis.
Since then, significant progress has been made, including detailed system design, component testing and the construction of a 50 MWth demonstration plant commencing in Q1 2016 and now entering commissioning as of Q4 2016.
This chapter includes description of the different failures, visual details of the failed component, testing and characterization, root cause analysis, and recommendations to prevent recurrence of such failures in the future.
Because of budget and design constraints, Freedom never progressed past mock-ups and minor component tests and, with the fall of the Soviet Union and the end of the Space Race, the project was nearly cancelled entirely by the United States House of Representatives.
