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A&M awaits new testing lab
By CATHY CAPPS
Battalion Reporter
When construction of the
gineering Laboratories Center is
completed next fall, Texas A&M
En- University will have a structural
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shellenberger’s
research lab comparable to few
others in the United States.
The special lab is part of the
center under construction on Biz-
zell Street between the Civil En
gineering Building and the Zachry
Engineering Center. Its primary
use will be testing large structures
ranging from highway beams to
bridge components. Dr. Teddy
Hirsch, civil engineering profes
sor and research engineer, said.
Civil engineering Professor
Bob Callaway said the building’s
design makes the lab unique. The
strengths of structures and build
ing materials will be tested on a
huge, strong floor and hydraulic
jacks.
The lab employs a random load
ing system and is not limited to
testing only certain structures,
Hirsch said.
Dr. Robert Olson, civil en
gineering professor and research
engineer, said vehicles, airplanes,
offshore components, large beams
and even a small building may be
tested in the new lab.
“The whole floor and basement
is sort of a test machine,” Olson
said.
Hirsch said the lab will have a
work area 40 feet wide, 100 feet
long, and 42 feet high.
The floor of the lab is 2 feet thick
and is covered with approximately
280 holes, which serve as tie-down
points for the tested elements.
The holes are about 3 inches in
diameter and extend through the
floor. Hydraulic jacks act against
the steel-reinforced concrete to
test the strength of materials by
either pushing or pulling against
the floor, Hirsch said.
The test floor of the lab is de
signed to handle loads of 100,000
pounds at each tie-down point.
One special machine contained in
the lab has the capacity of more
than half a million pounds, and can
be used separately from the strong
back floor system.
Civil engineering is responsible
for approximately $5 million in
funded research per year, with
much research sponsored by the
Department of Transportation
and private industry, Hirsch said.
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