Impact site preparation for forward ballistic testing at 10k Rocket Sled Track
Preparing for a test at the Drop Tower
Preparing to roll a test unit at the Aerial Cable Facility
Preparing to lift a test unit at the ACF
Installing rocket sled temperature conditioning equipment at ACF
An open burn at the Burn Site
Test setup for a high-speed gas gun test crushing a test object inside a target structure with high-speed video support
Hole left in an aluminum honeycomb section after a projectile was fired through the material
Crude oil characterization fireball testing at the Burn Site
Aerial view of the Centrifuge Complex
VQSEC Overview
The Validation and Qualification Sciences Experimental Complex (VQSEC) at Sandia National Laboratories in New Mexico is a unique group of experimental and computational capabilities that create and/or simulate a broad range of extreme operational or abnormal environments.
Large-Scale Testing
Our talented staff have been delivering 50 years of test system design and execution by providing integration of precision tools to evaluate response at any scale, for a breadth of extreme thermal and mechanical environments.
Fire Computational Analysis
Model simulation and test integration are essential because computational analyses provide partial physics that are fully exposed, while testing provides full physics that are partially exposed.
Photometrics & Instrumentation
Our Photometrics group has provided cutting-edge imaging and measurement data for over half a century. The products that we produce not only help scientists and engineers better understand the dynamics of the tests and how models and data correlate, but they also help our customers communicate their success in the work they do.
Package Certification
We provide specialized solutions within the nuclear complex for normal and abnormal mechanical and thermal environments for transportation and storage container packaging designers, analysts, and certification engineers.