FACILITIES & EQUIPMENT

  • MTS Flextest IIM structural test system (4-load channels)
    • 35 kip (C)/22 kip(T) actuators, +/- 24” stroke (x 2ea)
    • 22 kip (C)/ 15kip (T) actuators, +/- 12” stroke (x 2ea)
    • 110 kip (C)/80kip(9T) actuator, +/-12” stroke
  • In-house designed instrumented drop weight impact testing machine
  • Environmental chambers: -200°F to 2500°F
  • Three 22-kip MTS servo-hydraulic load units
  • Two 55-kip MTS servo-hydraulic load units
  • Two 110-kip MTS servo-hydraulic load units
  • 22-kip MTS electro-mechanical load unit
  • 67-kip MTS electro-mechanical load unit
  • Instron Dynatup 8250 impact tester

ACCESSORIES

  • Electronic speckle pattern interferometry system for non-contact full-field strain/displacement measurements (suitable for small displacement/strain measurements)
  • ARAMIS photogrammetry systems for non-contact full-field strain/displacement measurements (suitable for large displacement/strain measurements)
  • Model LE-01 laser extensometer
  • 40-Channel strainsmart 5000 data acquisition system
  • Deflectometers ( ±0.25”, ± 1.0”; -200°F to 400°F)
  • Extensometers ( various ranges; -200°F to 2500°F)
  • Bi-axial extensometer
  • WSU-modified KGR-type extensometer for adhesive characterization
  • Load cells
  • LVDT’s, RVDT
  • Micro measurements signal conditioners
  • Data acquisition systems ( upto 1 MHz)
  • 600 kip large component test fixture

SPECIALIZED FIXTURES

  • Edgewise compression testing fixtures
    • Specimen widths - 24” maximum
    • Specimen height – 50” maximum
  • Floor mounted flexure test fixtures
    • Maximum span – 56”
  • Static tension and compression test fixture for large specimens (110” x 50”) with a load capacity of ±400 kips and stroke of ± 2.0”
  • Adjustable whiffle – tree-loading mechanism for wide tension coupons (8.5” to 36”)
  • 60,000 in-lb torsion fixture and wide variety of standard and custom-made test fixtures
  • ASTM D5528 mode I interlaminar fracture toughness
  • ASTM D6671 mixed-mode interlaminar fracture toughness
  • Boeing modified ASTM D695 compression
  • ASTM D2344 short beam shear
  • ASTM D3410 compression
  • ASTM D6641 combined leading compression (CLC)
  • ASTM D4255 rail shear
  • ASTM D5379 V-notched rail shear
  • ASTM D 3167 roller drum peel test
  • ASTM D 897 adhesive bond tensile grips
  • ASTM D 5961 bearing shear (3/16, _, 3/8)
  • ASTM D5961 50% bearing-bypass fixtures
  • ASTM C 393 small 3-point bend
  • ASTM D 6484 Boeing open hole compression
  • ASTM C 364 compression after impact
  • D 3410 compressive properties of unsupported gage sections by shear loading
  • ASTM C273 flatwise shear
  • ASTM C 297 sandwich panel flatwise tension
  • ASTM D1781 climbing drum peel
  • ASTM D3167 roller drum peel
  • Boeing compression after impact (CAI)