The Materials Laboratory is housed in the CE Department and it is primarily used to support CE 33200 Mechanics of Deformable Bodies, and is adequate for attaining the SOs associated with this course. Supporting electronic control, data acquisition and computer software systems are available. Additional equipment for the static, dynamic and fatigue testing of materials include testing machines for tension, compression, transverse-bending and torsion investigation. The laboratory contains hardness testing machines, impact testers, electric strain gauge consoles, and assorted peripheral equipment. Facilities for preparing, curing and testing concrete are available. The laboratory houses two computer-controlled servo-hydraulic test machines for testing materials:
- Instron 8500 series Testing Machine. This machine is digitally controlled and capable of applying ± 55 kips (± 250 kN) dynamic loads
- Instron 600QC Testing Machine. This machine is digitally controlled and capable of applying 600 kips compressive loads.
The four experiments conducted as part of CE 33200 Mechanics of Deformable Bodies include:
(1) uniaxial tension of metallic bars of different materials
(2) torsion of metallic bars of different materials
(3) bending of metallic beams of different materials
(4) buckling of steel bars.
The data is collected electronically via attached and integrated data loggers.
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