Description

The SET facility features:

1. A strong floor and strong wall that can be used to apply large static and dynamic loads. tional projects.
2. A digital servo-controlled 2.4 million pound Universal Testing Machine used for research experiments, commercial tests and educational demonstrations.
3. High-capacity dynamic actuators (one capable of applying more than 400 kips or 400,000 lbs.) that can cycle structural and other large capacity components to 10 inches in each direction.
4. Dual-camera Optotrak system for movement capture, with more than 200 channels.
5. Panel Element Tester: The first machine of its kind to be available on the west coast of the United States, the tester is an advanced apparatus that can apply arbitrary combinations of in-plane stresses to thin membrane specimens.
6. Access to multiple instrumentation systems, including Lidar, through the NSF- and NIH funded RAPID facility.

Keywords

Structural, Test, Large-Scale, Actuator, Infrastructure, Static, Dynamic