Large Force Tension Element Research Facility

将利用设备开发一个大型的、450万英镑和150万磅的动态张力元件研究设施。具体设备包括液压电源和高性能伺服阀，以及数据采集和标本监控系统。该设备将提供一种最先进的设施来研究和发展用于结构中的新一代缆索和其他张力元件。此外，该设备将用于提高大容量拉伸加载研究设施的能力。该设备将允许更快的循环测试以及增强的数据采集和标本监视。该设备将允许在整个测试过程中通过计算机控制进行智能数据采集。该设备还将监测样品的性能，如多股电缆中的单个导线断裂，以提供对电缆或样品性能的进一步了解。该设备将允许在这一领域进行基础研究，以进一步加强我们对疲劳载荷下的缆索和缆索锚固行为的了解。

Equipment will be utilized which will allow the development of a large force, 4.5 million and l.5 million pounds dynamic, tension element research facility. The specific equipment includes a hydraulic power supply and high performance servovalve and a data acquisition and specimen surveillance system. The equipment will provide a state-of-the-art facility to investigate and evolve new generation cables and other tension elements used in structures. Further, this equipment will be used to improve the capabilities of the large capacity tension loading research facility. The eqipment will allow faster cyclic testing and enhanced data acquisition and specimen surveillance. The equipment will allow intelligent data acquisition through computer control throughout the test. The equipment will also monitor specimen performance, such as individual wire fracture in a multistrand cable, to provide additional understanding of the cable or specimen performance. The equipment will allow basic research in this area to be performed to further enhance our understanding of cable and cable anchorage behavior under fatigue loading.