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Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering |
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FAMU-FSU College of Engineering |
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Location: A 107 Area, square feet: 950 Capacity: 25 Coordinator: Dr. Raphael Kampmann |
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This laboratory is presently used for teaching purposes, concentrating on solid mechanics testing and experimentation in support of EGN 3331 L Strength of Materials undergraduate course. Also, students from the middle and high schools in the Leon County School District use the lab for conducting projects in their preparation for the Panhandle Science and Engineering Competition. Initial funding for the Structural Mechanics Laboratory (Strength of Materials Lab) was provided through an NSF grant under the Instrumentation and Laboratory Improvement (ILI) Program. The lab is outfitted with six reduced scale loading frames (workstations), four demonstration frames, a reflecting polariscope, and a ten-channel data acquisition system. The workstations allow students to perform hands-on experimentation in bending, torsion, and buckling of standardized specimens. Five of the workstations are equipped with manually driven ENERPAC hydraulic pumps and loading cylinders. The sixth frame is equipped with an electro-mechanical loading jack operated by a manual-loading wheel. The polariscope is used to demonstrate stress build-up and a variation of stresses. |
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Major Equipment
· Loading frames (6) · Strain gage indicators (4) · Switch and balance units (3) · Polariscope (1) · Computers (4) · Wide range indicator (2) · Strain indicator (2) · Switch and balance units (3) · Strain gages accessories Every Year · Actuators and hand pumps (5) · S-type load cells (4) · Slope indicator |
