Structural Engineering

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

FAMU-FSU College of Engineering

Location: B 127

Area, square feet: 1920

Capacity: 6

Coordinator: Dr. Primus Mtenga

The Structures Lab is a new facility designed to primarily support research activities in the department. It is also occasionally used for experimental demonstrations for undergraduate courses. Recent research undertaken has included testing of r/f concrete beams and columns that have undergone accelerate corrosion, investigating the effect of CFRP wraps or rebar corrosion and using NDE techniques to study bond between FRP plates and concrete substrates. Undergraduate research assistants have been involved in most of these projects. In addition, demonstration projects and sample results from these projects have been presented in undergraduate materials and structural analysis classes. The lab includes a hydraulic pump room and a control room. The lab consists of a 177 square meter (1,920 sq.ft.) floor area, a 12.2-m x 7.3-m (40-ft x 24-ft) 1000-mm deep reinforced concrete reaction (strong) floor and a 5-ton two-way overhead crane system. A MTS 55-Kip Material Testing Frame that was used in the materials laboratory was transferred to this new laboratory. Also, a reaction frame equipped with a 110-Kip actuator has been installed on the strong floor.

Major Equipment

 

· MTS

· Loading frame

· Concrete Saw

· MTS impact hammer

· Immersion tanks (corrosion research)

· Gamry DCIOS DC Corrosion Measurement System with PCU/750

· Processing tanks

· 110 kip actuator

· Milling machine

· Drill press

· Band saw

· Table saw

· 5-tone crane

· Concrete Mixer

· National Data Instruments DAS