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When Aircraft Engines Fail Successfully
How does Exponent help teams improve safety and drive innovation in aviation?
Exponent provides independent engineering analyses including design reviews, accident reconstruction, failure analysis, and testing for aircraft and associated systems and equipment, as well as spacecraft, satellites, and launch vehicles. We provide practical design recommendations and solutions to complex technical problems, applying innovative analytical and testing techniques.
Capabilities & Services
Exponent provides aeronautical engineering expertise that balances safety and performance with innovation and provides solutions for your most formidable aerospace engineering challenges.
Our Capabilities Are Unparalleled
With expertise in over 90 disciplines and hundreds of capabilities, tools, and methodologies — we get to the root of even the most complex challenges and give you the objective answers you need.
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Chemical Engineering
Extensive production and safety assessments for facilities combining hazardous and reactive materials, novel technologies, and interconnected equipment.
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Thermal Sciences Expertise for Energy Systems
Energy systems design, safety, and compliance consulting across a range of industries, including oil and gas, renewable and utility power generation.
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Thermal Sciences Expertise for Utilities
Overcome any utility operations challenge — from safety to asset management, and more.
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Fire Protection Engineering
Extensive fire suppression, detection, and alarm system testing to support achieving code and regulatory requirements.
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Fire & Flammability Testing
Thorough fire and flammability testing for sprinklers, smoke, and heat detectors, vehicle fire testing, and more.
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Computational Modeling; Thermal Sciences
A less expensive and faster alternative to thermal or flow experiments.
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Consumer Product Safety Assessments: Thermal Sciences
Helping clients understand and adopt fire and chemical safety standards for consumer protection.
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Fire & Explosion Investigations
In-depth field examinations and high-tech modeling and testing to determine the origin and cause of fires, gas explosions, dust explosions, and other explosions...
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Thermal Fluid & Combustion Systems
Support for HVAC, boilers, commercial refrigeration systems, and more.
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Thermal Sciences Expertise for Disputes
Evidence-based scientific insights and expert witness support for industrial fires and explosions, oil and chemical spills, and equipment failures.