Materials Characterization Southern Research is best known for its capabilities and expertise in the characterization of material properties and the behavior of materials in a wide variety of applications, especially advanced materials used in extreme environments. In addition to many standard NDE techniques we have developed some unique capabilities in collimated scanning radiography and in ultrasonic spectroscopy . New innovative techniques and facilities have been developed in the area of metrology that can measure microscopic motion in precision structures and that can map precise contours of damaged surfaces. One of these precision metrology techniques has been further developed to measure coefficient of thermal expansion of materials to levels of precision not possible with conventional technologies. The objective of work in this area is to develop materials and processing concepts that can be easily transferred to our customers, without the need for expensive equipment or extensive experience, and that can be cost effective for prototyping as well as low rate and high rate production.
Emphasis is placed on low cost tooling and simple processing techniques.
SDD has over 30 years of experience in image processing , airborne instrumentation , and electro-mechanical design and development. SDD has designed and built a variety of sensor systems, video trackers, stabilized gimballed platforms, and data collection, reduction and analysis systems.