Claims of high-quality, highly durable solar modules are regularly made by manufacturers, and warranties are being extended. But how are quality assurance practices keeping step with the claims being ...

Geomembranes play a critical role in modern containment systems, from landfills and wastewater lagoons to mining operations and industrial ponds. Because these liners are designed to prevent leaks ...

Don Cowan and Mahyar Mohammadnezhad of Kiwa PI Berlin explain the importance of upstream diligence in ensuring long-term PV ...

Quality assurance (QA) testing is the process that ensures a premium quality product for customers. QA is merely the strategy used to avoid any software product or service problems and to make sure ...

A universal testing machine (UTM) can carry out a broad spectrum of tests, applying tensile and compression forces and assessing the test specimen’s load-displacement response. A key component of the ...

Nondestructive testing is a multidisciplinary profession that blends quality assurance and materials science. Many industries rely upon it, but few uses are more important than in the nuclear power ...

SRAM creates and manufactures high-quality and innovative bicycle products, such as hubs and gears, for both amateur cyclists and professional athletes. To assess the quality of bicycle components for ...

Although it is sometimes thought that quality assurance (QA) and software testing are the same, they are, in fact, different concepts. They differ in their objectives, features and methods. Testers ...

Software Quality Assurance: Integrating Testing, Security, and Audit This excerpt focuses on the conceptual aspects of defect management, including the basic concepts of a defect, how to manage ...

Audi has completed its 100th corrosion and aging test, a procedure named INKA by the German brand. The INKA test has the purpose of replicating 12 years of use in just 19 weeks of testing, and cars go ...