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

该合同是为购买三轴液压系统而颁发的 用于测试先进的复合材料和轻金属， 从这些材料下，拉伸压缩，扭转，压力 真空以及这些条件在温度范围内的任意组合 温度范围为-155 ℃至+1700 ℃，并处于受控的化学环境中。 这些设备将主要用于支持以下研究活动： 复合力学实验室，环境断裂 实验室和结构力学实验室。

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.