Introduction to Climatics Testing

The course will provide you with a basic understanding of climatic testing. While climatic testing covers broad aspects within the industry, this course will provide an introduction to the physics of environments; a brief history of climatic test requirements; techniques to derive climatic requirements based on field data vs analysis; tailoring strategies for climatic tests of large systems and small components; an understanding of failure modes due to applied environments; an introduction to climatic test facilities and how to create environments; and practical applications of test methods.  This course is designed to be a stepping stone leading to the more focused Climatics Testing Learning Path and MIL-STD-810H training course.

Course outline     Who should attend?     Course materials


Course outline

  • Physics of Environments and how environmental effects can add up over time and usage
  • Climatic Test Requirements (Standards, Regulations, Etc.)
  • Simulation, Field Testing, and Determination of stress levels
  • Common failure modes due to Applied Environments
  • Climatic Test Facilities and how to create (Applied) Environments
  • Temperature and Temp/Humidity Chambers overview
  • Chamber subsystems and functions
  • Usage Do’s and Dont’s
  • Sensors
  • Controls
  • Calibration
  • Installation and Maintenance
  • Costs

 

Who should attend?

  • Beginners in the field of Environmental Simulation testing
  • Folks working in the Dynamics, Safety Engineering, or EMC parts of Test Labs who want to get into Climatic testing
  • Lab Technicians and Engineers who would like to deepen their understanding of the Climatic testing activities and equipment
  • Folks who would like to be better shoppers for climatic testing equipment, particularly the bread-and butter Temperature and Temp/Humidity chambers
  • Lab Managers, so they can better understand what their staffs are up to when climatic testing, or when they want to spend money for climatic testing services or equipment

 

Course materials

  • Course PowerPoint in PDF format sent electronically

Continuing Education Units: .6 CEUs

 

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