Branch Impact

The Durability, Damage Tolerance and Reliability Branch (DDTRB) has made significant contributions to NASA and the nation through its research, engineering support, and failure investigations. The branch’s expertise in damage mechanics, fracture mechanics, and nondestructive evaluation has been called on to support critical aerospace programs.

Failure and Incident Investigations

DDTRB has supported numerous high-profile failure and incident investigations, providing expertise to determine root causes and support return-to-flight decisions for NASA programs. Learn more about failure investigations.