Major Research Instrumentation: Mechanical Property Evaluation Equipment

先进材料应用的快速增长需要综合努力来获得和开发用于机械性能评估的新电液机器，以更好地理解先进材料的行为。该项目旨在获得和开发用于自动疲劳和断裂试验的高频高温电液设备。 该设备将用于研究先进材料的力学行为，如陶瓷基复合材料（CMC），金属基复合材料（MMC），聚合物基复合材料（PMC），高温合金和金属间化合物。此外，新设备将促进对老化材料和生物医学设备的研究。 这项研究计划将提供一个宝贵的机制，以支持教学和研究活动。此外，该项目有可能对实地和国家基础设施产生影响。

The rapid growth in the applications of advanced materials necessitates an integrated effort to acquire and develop new electrohydraulic machines for mechanical property evaluation to better understanding the behavior of advanced materials. This project is to acquire and develop high-frequency, elevated -temperature electrohydraulic equipment for automated fatigue and fracture tests. The equipment will be used to investigate the mechanical behavior of advanced materials, such as ceramic-matrix composites (CMCs), metal--matrix composites (MMCs), polymer-matrix composites (PMCs), superalloys and intermetallics. Moreover, the new equipment will facilitate the study of aged materials and biomedical devices. The research project will provide a valuable mechanism to support both teaching and research activities. In addition, the project has potential to impact the field as well as to the national infrastructure.