Engineering Research Equipment: Upgrading of the Existing Axial-Torsion Materials Testing System

9532043吴这笔研究设备补助金将用于购买电子设备、温度控制室和计算机，以升级爱荷华大学土木工程与环境工程系现有的伺服控制轴向扭转材料测试系统。该设备将用于代表需要多轴加载能力的广泛研究活动的项目。研究项目包括铝的大塑性变形，损伤材料的力学，金属基质和聚合物复合材料的变形、疲劳和失效，淡水冰的强度和开裂，以及人类腰椎内植入物的强度。这些项目将由几名教员执行，并将增加不同学科和研究兴趣的研究人员之间的互动。***

9532043 Wu This Research Equipment Grant will be used to purchase the electronics, temperature control chamber and computer to upgrade an existing servo-controlled axial-torsion materials testing system in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Iowa. The equipment will be used for projects that represent a broad range of research activities that require multi- axial loading capability. The research projects include large plastic deformation of aluminum, mechanics of damaged materials, deformation, fatigue and failure of metal matrix and polymer composites, strength and cracking of fresh water ice and strength of human lumbar spinal implants. These projects will be carried out by several faculty members and will increase interactions among researchers of significantly different disciplines and research interests. ***