Materials and Matallurgy Lab
The Structural Testing, Material Properties and Manufacturing Operations Laboratory consists of three dedicated areas over 2,200 square feet. They contain current industrial and educational machines to support engineering education and research.
Bridge Testing Project
Equipment in the lab:
- MTS computer-controlled uniaxial servohydraulic material testing machine with a 22 Kip load frame. Some of the testing performed is: ultimate tensile strength, material fatigue life, and product fatigue life. The testing machine can handle tensile and compressive testing using a static/ dynamic loading systems.
- Vishay 2300 signal amplifier is one of the data acquisition systems operated with the MTS machine. It amplifies the output signals from any static or dynamic tests. It consists of 6 full bridge channels and a digital output display. The full bridge channels can be converted into a half or quarter bridge easily.
- Tinius Olsen Tensile Test machine with 60,000 lb. capacity; with x, y output for tensile and compressive tests.
- Monsanto Tensometer bench top tensile test machine with extensometer and heating capacity.
- Vega Enterprise tensile test machine - manual, 20000 lbs
- Fatigue Dynamics rotating beam fatigue test machine.
- Fatigue Dynamics reciprocating fatigue test machine.
- Charpy impact test machine.
- Lindberg ovens (3) for heat treating.
- Wilson Brinell hardness tester.
- Wilson Rockwell hardness tester.
- Alpha Duromatic Rockwell hardness tester.
- Leco Microhardness tester.
- Surface finish machines for metallurgical sample preparation:
- 1 Leco, 2 Buehler — rotary types
- 1 Buehler — belt type
- Bridge model for deflection measurement and calculations
- Buehler abrasive cutter for sample preparation.
- Buehler sample mounting machine.
- Microscopes (7) for material inspection.
- Buehler image analyzer for enhanced material inspection.
- Micro measurement Strain Smart 5100.
- Amatrol 11600 Structural System.
