Acquisition of a 2,500-Kip Testing System for High-Strength Construction Materials

小行星9504119 近年来，在提高建筑材料如波特兰水泥混凝土的强度方面有了迅速的进展， 聚合物 混凝土， 和 纤维 增强塑料/复合材料。由这种高强度材料制成的试样的实验测试需要的载荷显著超过现有设备的400 kip的能力， 休斯顿大学 工程学院目前在高强度材料方面拥有强大的研究计划，涉及土木与环境工程和机械工程的多名教师和学生。 该系统将允许研究人员获得载荷-变形关系，并将具有变形控制能力。 它将使研究工作超越现有设备的当前限制，这对于理解大型复合材料结构的安全性和可靠性非常重要。

9504119 Hsu In recent years there have been rapid advances in improving the strengths of construction materials such as Portland cement concrete, polymer concrete, and fiber reinforced plastics/composites. Experimental testing of specimens made from such high strength materials requires loads that significantly exceed the 400-kip capacity of existing equipment now available at the University of Houston. The College of Engineering currently has as strong research programs in high-strength materials involving several faculty members and students from Civil and Environmental Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. This system will allow researchers to obtain load-deformation relationships, and will have deformation-control capability. It will enable research efforts beyond the current limits of existing equipment, which is important for understanding the safety and reliability of large composite structures.