UK testing facilities
FASTBLADE Rosyth structural fatigue test facility
University of Edinburgh / Babcock International
FastBlade, Watt Road, Rosyth, Dunfermline, Fife, KY11 2YB, Scotland, United Kingdom
Access: Conditional
Testing capabilities
- Materials and structural testing
Services
Accelerated fatigue testing of tidal turbine blades and other composite structures; structural testing of stiff and slender composite and metal structures including composite bridge sections and carbon-fibre aircraft wing boxes for research and product development.
Equipment
Regenerative hydraulic Digital Displacement actuation technology; main test hall designed for hydraulics, instrumentation and access equipment. Numeric load, specimen-size and cycle limits are not published on the reviewed current facility pages.
Standards
No facility accreditation or test-standard schedule stated on the cited operator pages.
Contact
Email: Ed.McCarthy@ed.ac.uk; fastblade@ed.ac.uk; Named contact: Dr Eddie McCarthy (FastBlade Manager)
Approximate location
KY11 2YB ยท Postcode area location