Mechanics at Extreme Temperatures Lab
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Full-Field Temperature and Strain Measurement*

  • Digital Image Correlation System, Correlated Solutions Inc.  Vic-3D-IR with Fulcrum fatigue module.
  • JAI 1.5 MP UV camera (x3), with UKA UV lenses and XNite330C UV filter
  • Raspberry Pi 8 MP camera (x1) modified to detect shortwave UV by LDP LLC
  • Basler Ace 15.1 MP color cameras (x8)
  • FLIR Chameleon3 1.3 MP cameras (x4)
  • Point Grey 5MP camera (x2)
  • Prosilica 29MP camera (x2)
  • FLIR A6751SC thermal camera (calibrated up to 3000°C)
  • Qioptiq 7:1 and 12.5:1 Zoom lens assemblies (x2 each)
  • K2 Infinity DistaMax long range microscope assembly (x1)
  • Custom-built UV Zoom lens [Hansen et al, Rev. Sci. Instrum (2019)]
  • Assorted other UV, IR, and visible-range lenses.
* Supported in part by the USDOE Nuclear Energy University Program (Infrastructure Grant # DE-NE0008378)

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FLIR camera and stereo UV cameras.

Heating and Loading Equipment

  • Gleeble 1500D thermo-mechanical simulator. Features an environmental chamber for air, vacuum, or inert gas; viewing window for DIC; heating and cooling up to 10,000°C/s, up to max temp 3000°C; static or fatigue loads up to +10 klb (44.5 kN).
  • Ibertest IB-CREEP 50kN creep frames (x2)*. Each has a furnace rated to 1200°C with viewing windows for visible-range or UV-DIC; 50 kN load cells suitable for ductility, creep, or low fatigue.
  • DataPhysics GW-V617/DSA-5K Electromagnetic Vibration Test System. Can load up to 1050 lbf (4.67 kN) at frequencies up to 3000 Hz.
  • Polytec OFV-303 and OFV-505 laser vibrometers
  • Split Hopkinson Pressure Bar.
  • 10 kW induction heater, Superior Induction.
  • 240 V electric furnace, Cress.
  • Labworks LW132.151-7 (7 lbf) vibration shaker.
  • Keyence laser vibration sensor.
  • 50 kN servo-hydraulic load frame, Tinius-Olsen.
  • Charpy impact tester.
  • Rockwell hardness tester.
* Creep frames are supported by the USDOE Nuclear Energy University Program (Infrastructure Grant # DE-NE0009026)
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Gleeble 1500D system in the Mechanics at Extreme Temperatures Lab.

USU Collaborators

  • USU Microscopy Core Facility
  • Thermal Hydraulics and Material Properties (TMP) Center
  • Advanced Experimental Characterization of Additive Materials Lab (Prof. Nadia Kouraytem)
  • Computational Mechanics for Extreme Environments (CMEE) Lab (Prof. Yanqing Su)
  • Multifunctional Structural Composite Integration and Manufacturing (MSCIM) Lab (Prof. Juhyeong Lee)
  • nanoscale Thermal Energy Lab (Prof. Nick Roberts)
  • Haoran Wang Research Group (multiscale computational mechanics, Prof. Haoran Wang)
  • Composites Lab (Prof. Thomas Fronk)
  • Rocket Propulsion Lab (Prof. Tony Whitmore)
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FEI Quanta FEG 650 scanning electron microscope at the USU Microscopy Core Facility.
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