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Structural Testing
Facilities
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6,5000
ft 2
of total lab space, 9,000
ft 2 of high bay space;
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32' by 120'-million
pound reaction floor with adequate load frame
structures;
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Three closed-loop
servo controlled actuators (2 x 50 kip and 1 x 200 kip) and MTS 458
& 407 controllers.
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(12) open
loop hydraulic actuators (20 to 600 tons capacity with stroke range
from 6? to 36?)
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(3) high
speed, 128 channel data acquisition system with signal conditioning
for strain gages, wire pots and LVDT?s;
(all transportable to the field);
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(2) laptop
based data acquisition systems 40 channels with signal conditioning
for strain gages, wire pots and LVDT?s;
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(3) field
data logging systems and supporting sensors (strain, deflection,
load);
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Drop hammer
loading system and field ready accelerometers.
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Computer Facilities
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SGI
Origin 3400 series with multiple processors and several gigabytes of
RAM
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4
processor SGI Origin 200 with 1.7 gigabytes of RAM.
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(2+)
Intel and MIPS-based workstations, running MS Windows, Linux, and
SGI IRIX for scientific visualization and general computing.
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Applications, such as: PATRAN, a general purpose CAE package; ABAQUS
& ANSYS (finite element solver); Matlab and Mathematica, for
numerical analysis; Tecplot, a data visualization system; and
compilers for C, C++, Java, and FORTRAN.
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Data
storage is provided by a 1.2 terabyte RAID system attached to a
fault-tolerant Linux based cluster
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SGI
Origin 2000 and 3400 systems and the University's Sun Microsystems
E10000 computer, each with multiple processors and several gigabytes
of RAM.
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CAVE
Automated Virtual Environment (CAVE), for high-end, immersive data
visualization Immersive Workbench, Immersive Desk, SGI Octanes, Sun
Sparc 20s, and Linux desktop computers. Software in this facility
includes CAVE lib API, DIVERSE API, PV-Wave, and AVS.
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