The Mechanical Testing labs within the Mines Shared Instrumentation Facility (SIF) include a variety of monotonic, fatigue, temperature, and strain measurement capabilities. These capabilities cover a wide range of load capacities and resolutions, displacement rates, loading configurations, and custom fixturing. Strain measurement capabilities are available for 1D, 2D, and 3D using extensometers and digital image correlation (DIC) across temperature ranges of -129 to 1200 °C.
MTS LANDMARK 370.10
The MTS Landmark 370.10 is a 100 kN uniaxial servohydraulic load frame equipped with an alignment fixture, hydraulic wedge grips, and various wedges for rectangular and circular specimen geometries, making it well suited for fatigue testing. It can be used in conjunction with an induction furnace for heating to 1300 °C.
MTS LANDMARK 370.25
The MTS Landmark 370.25 is a 250 kN uniaxial servohydraulic load frame equipped with an alignment fixture, hydraulic wedge grips, and various wedges for rectangular and circular specimen geometries. It can be used in conjunction with an MTS environmental chamber for low and high temperature testing from -129 to 315 °C.
MARK-10 ESM1500
The MARK-10 ESM1500 is a 6.7 kN uniaxial electromechanical load frame with fixtures for tension/compression, bending, clevis, wire pull, and hook, and resolution down to 0.02 N for 50 N capacity. Optomechanics, cameras, and lighting can be configured on an optics table for digital image correlation strain measurement.