An Undergraduate Structural Engineering Laboratory

该项目是一个本科结构工程实验室，通过实验提高对结构工程原理的理解；介绍传感器、数据采集和计算机与仪器的使用方面的当前技术；介绍结构的无损检测方法；并提高规划和技术写作能力。这些设备包括用于台式结构工程实验的力和反力硬件；用于静态和动态性能表征实验的各种传感器；用于使用基于计算机的数据采集系统的实验的数据采集硬件和计算机；以及用于钢和混凝土结构实验和演示的无损检测设备。

This project, an undergraduate structural engineering laboratory, enhances the understanding of structural engineering principles through experiments; introduces current technology in sensors, data acquisition, and the use of computers with instrumentation; introduces nondestructive testing methods for structures; and improves planning and technical writing abilities. The equipment includes force and reaction hardware for benchtop structural engineering experiments; a variety of sensors for static and dynamic performance characterization experiments; data-acquisition hardware and computers for experiments using computer-based data acquisition systems; and nondestructive testing equipment for experiments and demonstrations on steel and concrete structures.