Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Join the Air Force
Home
News
Photos
Video
Welcome
About Us
Biographies
Fact Sheets
Units
88th Air Base Wing
88th Force Support Squadron
445th Airlift Wing
Air Force Materiel Command
Air Force Life Cycle Management Center
Air Force Research Laboratory
Air Force Installation Contracting Agency
Air Force Institute of Technology
Airman & Family Readiness Flight
National Air & Space Intelligence Center
National Museum of the USAF
Naval Medical Research Unit Dayton
USAF Marathon Office
Wright-Patterson Medical Clinic
Contact Us
Search Wright-Patterson Air Force Base:
Home
>
News
>
Photos
The following key words will search by those categories
: base events; base exercises; people, WPAFB in the community
Wright-Patterson Photo Gallery
Keyword:
Tag:
Sort By:
Upload Date
Photo Date
Title
Air Force lab investigating microscopic crack formation for aircraft
Dr. Adam Pilchak, materials research engineer at the Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, loads a piece of a fractured titanium disk into a scanning electron microscope. By looking at the microscopic features on the fracture surface, researchers are able to determine how the crack initiated and spreads through the component to cause the failure. (Air Force photo/Michele Eaton)
Related Imagery
Michele Eaton
140708-F-HA571-105.JPG
DOWNLOAD PHOTO
(0.63 MB)
Tags
SEM
,
Sustainment
,
Research
,
Science
,
technology
Back to Main Gallery
Site Map
IG
AF Sites
AF Executive Fleet
Questions
FOIA
Contact Us
SAPR
USA.gov
No FEAR Act
RSS
Accessibility
EEO
Link Disclaimer
Strategic APR
Suicide Prevention
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
5135 Pearson Road, Building 10
Wright-Patterson AFB, OH 45433