The MatSLab contains the following equipment and resources:
Experimental Facilities and Equipment
A 5 ton overhead crane for moving materials and fabricating specimens
Polishing and mounting equipment for preparing concrete samples to be examined under a scanning electron microscope
An MTS closed-loop servo-hydraulic actuator system including:
A 22 kip tension/compression frame with hydraulic grips for material characterization
A 110 kip structural actuator that can be positioned in various locations on a 2 foot thick reinforced concrete strong wall
A 220 kip servo-hydraulic actuator supported by a versatile load frame
High-speed data acquisition systems with inputs for strain gages, LVDTs, string potentiometers, and other high-level instrumentation
Numerous instruments for data collection including linear variable differential transforms, thermocouples, strain gages, string potentiometers and high-resolution cameras for digital image correlation
A 700 kip compressive strength testing machine
A 1000 kip load frame equipped with a 12,000 psi triaxial chamber and temperature control chamber
A moist curing chamber that meets the specifications of ASTM C192
A drying room that can maintain 50% relative humidity
A freeze-thaw cabinet that meets appropriate ASTM specifications
Several ovens, heaters, and balances of varying degrees of precision
A four cubic foot capacity concrete rotary drum mixer
An eight cubic foot high-shear planetary mixer
Computational Resources
The computational facility in the group consists of two 12 cpu windows cluster with 128gb of RAM, in addition to individual workstations.
Finite-element analysis software (e.g., DIANA FEA, Abaqus, Ansys, etc.) for simulation of infrastructure materials
Multi-physics modeling software (e.g., COMSOL) for simulation of deterioration of infrastructure materials
A high performance linux cluster with 500 cpus is available at the university
