Universal Testing Machine for Undergraduate Instruction

该项目的目的是大大改善教学， 建筑材料和结构工程课程 利用现代测试和数据进行分析和设计 加工设备 具体来说，MTS 600 kip固定式 通用试验机和两个DEC Vax Station 200工作站 将被收购。 该设备将允许测试现代 高强度的建筑材料，可容纳大- 梁、柱和板的比例实验， 在课堂上讨论的物理概念。 工作站 将与试验机一起使用， 学生比较建模假设的影响， 理论分析与实验观察结果 在实验室同时进行。 计划从事结构设计或建筑工作的学生 必须了解的力量和行为的 材料和结构，他们将处理在他们的 职业生活，以便他们能够衡量他们的重要性， 分析模型决策。

The aim of the project is to significantly improve the teaching of courses in construction materials and structural engineering analysis and design by utilizing modern testing and data processing equipment. Specifically, a MTS 600 kip stationary universal testing machine and two DEC Vax Station 200 workstations will be acquired. The equipment will permit the testing of modern high strength construction materials and can accommodate large- scale experiments on beams, columns and slabs to demonstrate physical concepts discussed in the classroom. The workstations will be used in conjunction with the testing machine to allow the students to compare effects of modelling assumptions in their theoretical analyses with results observed from experiments conducted simultaneously in the laboratory. Students planning to work in structural design or construction must obtain an understanding of the strength and behavior of the materials and structures which they will deal with in their professional lives so that they can gauge the importance of their analytical modelling decisions.