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Durability testing

Meaning in automotive, with examples

nounCommon term

In automotive, durability testing means: Tests that check whether a vehicle or part keeps working over its expected life, done on rough test tracks, on test rigs or with high-mileage test fleets.

In Turkish: dayanıklılık testi, dayanım testi

How it is used

Used in validation and quality engineering. Engineers plan accelerated durability tests that compress years of use into weeks, then tear down and inspect the parts. Results go into test reports and design reviews.

Example sentences

  1. The rear subframe cracked after 60 percent of the durability testing program.

  2. Durability testing on the rough-road track runs 24 hours a day with three driver shifts.

Common collocations

  • accelerated durability test
  • durability test track
  • test rig
  • durability fleet
  • crash testA controlled test in which a vehicle with instrumented dummies is crashed into a barrier, a pole or another vehicle to measure how well it protects people.
  • PPAPShort for Production Part Approval Process: the formal package of evidence a supplier submits to show that its production process can make parts that meet all customer requirements.
  • homologationThe official approval showing that a vehicle type or component meets the legal technical and safety requirements of a market, so it can be sold and registered there.
  • body-in-whiteThe stage of car production at which the sheet metal parts of the body have been welded together, before painting and before the engine, trim and other parts are added.

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