Acquisition of a Triaxial Test System for Testing Advanced Materials in Extreme Environments

该合同是为了购买一个三轴液压系统，用于测试先进的复合材料和轻金属，以及由这些材料制成的结构，在温度范围从-155℃到+1700℃的受控化学环境下，在拉伸压缩、扭转、压力真空和任意组合下进行测试。该设备将主要用于支持复合力学实验室、环境断裂实验室和结构力学实验室的研究活动。

This award is made for the purchase of a triaxial hydraulic system for testing advanced composites and light metals, and structures made from these materials under, tension compression, torsion, pressure vacuum and arbitrary combinations of these at temperatures ranging from -155 C to +1700 C and under controlled chemical environment. The equipment will be used primary to support research activities in the Composite Mechanics Laboratory, the Environmental Fracture Laboratory and the Structure Mechanics Laboratory.