Materials Testing Examples
[collected from various research and consulting projects around campus]
Wood Flexure -- Personnel: Bryce Barton -- Location: Materials Testing Laboratory -- Date: October 24, 2007 |
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T-Nut Comparison -- Personnel: Jeff Thomas for Legget and Platt -- Location: Materials Testing Laboratory -- Date: February 2, 2005 |
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Drive Belt Comparison for
Formula SAE Car -- Personnel: Matt Giaraffa and Simon Dirnberger -- Location: Materials Testing Laboratory -- Date: November 23, 2004 |
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Solar Car Wheel Loads -- Personnel: Tessa Russell and Doug Carroll -- Location: Materials Testing Laboratory -- Date: November 19, 2004 |
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Structural Insulated Panels -- Personnel: Ahamed Shabeer -- Location: Materials Testing Laboratory -- Date: October 17, 2003 |
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Chain and Hooks -- Personnel: Jeff Thomas for Ramsay Scientific -- Location: Materials Testing Laboratory -- Date: April 18, 2003 |
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Sappington Bridge -- Personnel: MS&T researchers -- Location: Franklin County, Missouri -- Date: March 10 and 23, 2002 |
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Martin Spring Bridge -- Personnel: Civil Engineering Department researchers -- Location: Phelps County, Missouri -- Date: February 13, 2002 |
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Torsion of Rear Half-Shaft on
Formula SAE Car -- Personnel: James Craig, Doug Stroud, Eric Grelle, David Pugh -- Location: Materials Testing Laboratory -- Date: October 19, 2000 |
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Flexure of 57% E-Glass Fibers in
Polyester Matrix -- Personnel: Francisco Micelli -- Location: Materials Testing Laboratory -- Date: October 6, 2000 |
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Buckling of Cold-Formed Steel
C-Sections with Hole -- Personnel: Stewart Bauer -- Location: Materials Testing Laboratory -- Date: August 23, 2000 |
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Furniture Fasteners -- Personnel: Jeff Thomas for Benee's Toys -- Location: Materials Testing Laboratory -- Date: April 28 & June 5, 2000 |
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Buckling of Cold-Formed Steel
Columns -- Personnel: Stewart Bauer -- Location: Materials Testing Laboratory -- Date: April 5-6, 2000 |
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Comparison of Fiber Optic and
Foil Strain Gages for use in Composite Bridges -- Personnel: Virgil Zetterlind -- Location: Materials Testing Laboratory -- Date: April 5, 2000 |
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Flexure Testing of Kevlar-Magnesium Oxide Composite -- Personnel: Vanessa Kohlhepp -- Location: Materials Testing Laboratory -- Date: March 28, 2000 |
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Plastic Covers
for Steel Fence Posts -- Personnel: Jeff Thomas for Royco -- Location: Materials Testing Laboratory -- Date: January 31 - February 4, 2000 |
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Flexure Testing of Glass Fibers -- Personnel: Razvan Stefan -- Location: Materials Testing Laboratory -- Date: January 18-20, 2000 |
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Flexure Testing of
Wood-Fiberglass Composites -- Personnel: Troy Williams -- Location: Materials Testing Laboratory -- Date: November 30, 1999 |
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Compression Testing of
Springs -- Personnel: Jeff Thomas -- Location: Materials Testing Laboratory -- Date: November 23, 1999 |
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Compression
Testing of Concrete Columns -- Location: Engineering Research Laboratory -- Date: November 11, 1999 |
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Flexure Testing of
Concrete T-Beams -- Personnel: Stephen Gose and Prakash Kumar -- Location: Engineering Research Laboratory -- Date: November 11, 1999 |
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Cold-Formed Steel
Trusses -- Personnel: Stewart Bauer and Roger LaBoube -- Location: Engineering Research Laboratory -- Date: November 11, 1999 |
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Compression of
Children's Chairs -- Personnel: Jeff Thomas for Benee's Toys -- Location: Materials Testing Laboratory -- Date: July 29, 1999 |
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Recycled Plastic
Lumber -- Personnel: Jeff Thomas for Double Eagle Products -- Location: Materials Testing Laboratory -- Date: January 5-12, 1999 |
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