Microscopy Laboratory housing a 40 KV, JEOL scanning electron microscope, a sputter coating system, and a measurescope with automated camera. Creep testing laboratory equipped with three creep machines one of which is capable of cyclic loading. This lab also includes several high temperature furnaces, entensometers, and two real-time data acquisition systems. This lab is supported by facilities for specimen preparation including precision cutting equipment and grinding and polishing machines. Research Areas 1.
Transient fatigue crack growth phenomena in high performance alloys.
Micromechanisms of high-temperature bridging fatigue crack and interphase growth in SiC fibert reinforced titanium metal matrix composites. Return to Engineering Centers. The laboratory is devoted to studies of dynamic phenomena including crack propagation, wave propagation, and impact using methods of photomechanics, strain gages, and fiber optics. The lab houses a multiple spark gap, high-speed camera capable of photography rates of up to a million frames per second. It also has several gas gun facilities with laser velocity measuring devices for impact studies.