Durability, Damage Tolerance & Reliability Branch

The Durability, Damage Tolerance, and Reliability Branch (DDTRB), as part of the Structures and Materials technology area, conducts a broad-based research and technology program that quantifies behavior, durability, and damage tolerance of structural materials; develops efficient, physics-based analytical and computational methods; develops new innovative test methods; develops radiation analysis and design tools for assessing the radiation environment; and validates performance of advanced materials and structures for aerospace applications in support of NASA, other government agencies, and the aerospace industry. The Aeronautics and Space Exploration Mission Directorates are the primary NASA Mission Directorates supported by DDTRB.