MAEExperimental Mechanics & Composite Materials Laboratory
Directed by: Dr. Ramamuthy Prabhakaran
The Experimental and Mechanics and Composite Materials Laboratory is a graduate teaching and research laboratory. The lab houses transmission and reflection polariscopes, an MTS material testing system with data acquisition facilities for low and high temperature testing of materials, and a dark room for photography. The lab also has facilities for composites related work, such as a diamond saw, acid digestion, and moisture absorption.
Lab Capabilities:
Composite Material testing
Cutting Composites
Transmission and Reflection Photoelastic Tests
Developing and Printing Photographic Negatives
Lab Facilities:
Electrohydraulic Testing Machine
Transmission Polariscope
Diamond Saw (water cooled)
Dark Room (for photographic work)
Blue M Environmental Chamber
MTS Material Testing Machine with Hydraulic Wedge Grip
