MRI: Acquisition of an axial servo-hydraulic material testing system for interdisciplinary teaching and research at the University of Minnesota Duluth

该奖项提供资金，用于购买新的55Kips(250kN)分析级轴向伺服液压材料测试系统(MTS)，该系统将满足明尼苏达大学德卢斯分校(UMD)教职员工的多学科教育和研究需求。收购该仪器将提供广泛的材料和结构测试能力，包括室温和高温下的拉伸、压缩、剪切、弯曲和循环测试。它将支持学院正在进行的研究和新的研究项目，包括：粘接接头和复合材料；碳纳米管增强混凝土路面的压阻特性；航空航天6AL4V钛合金；以及弹簧钢用中碳钢的疲劳分析。此外，它还将是进行各种UMD项目研究的重要工具，包括预应力混凝土；以及系统健康监测。获得新的MTS将使其成为UMD园区唯一最先进的材料测试系统。这将对UMD的研究、教学和培训产生直接和长期的影响，包括：为我们的本科生和研究生课程提供新的最新工具；改善目前的实验室学习条件，从而促进UMD的跨学科研究活动；保持UMD的科学和工程项目的竞争力，从而吸引传统上代表不足的群体参与科学和工程；在UMD及其附属州和联邦组织、行业和学术界之间提供重要的研究机会；并为学院提供机会，通过工程日展示案例和教学项目领先课程(PLTW)加强其与地区K-12教育提供者的关系。

This award provides funding to acquire a new, 55 kips (250 KN) analytical-level axial servo-hydraulic material testing system (MTS) that will serve multi-disciplinary educational and research needs of the faculty and students at the University of Minnesota Duluth (UMD). Acquisition of the instrumentation will provide a wide range of material and structural testing capabilities including tension, compression, shear, flexural, and cyclic testing at both room and elevated temperatures. It will support ongoing research and new research projects in the college including: adhesively bonded joints and composites; piezoresistive property of carbon nanotube enhanced concrete pavement; aerospace 6Al4V Titanium alloys; and fatigue analysis of medium carbon steel for spring steel. Also, it will be a significant tool for conducting research in various UMD programs, including prestressed concretes; and system health monitoring.Acquisition of a new MTS will make it the only state-of-art material testing system on UMD campus. It will have both immediate and long term impact on research, teaching and training at UMD including: providing a new up-to-date instrumentation for both our undergraduate and graduate level programs; enhancing current laboratory-learning condition, hence nurturing cross-disciplinary research activities at UMD; maintaining competitive science and engineering programs at UMD, hence, attracting traditionally under-represented groups to participate in science and engineering; providing significant research opportunities between UMD and affiliated state and federal organizations, industry and academics; and providing opportunities for the college to strengthen its relationship with regional K-12 education providers through show-casing on engineering day and teaching Project Lead the Way (PLTW) courses.