Research Facilities

• Testing Facilities

  # HP modal and spectrum analysis equipment for dynamic property evaluation

  # Dynatup 8250 HV instrumented impact test system with temperature chamber

  # Transmission and reflective photoelastic experimental stress analysis

  # TA Instruments Model 983 DMA.

  # Rapid Freeze-Thaw Cabinet

  # Tenny CAS temperature and humidity controlled chamber

  # Gamry electrochemical impedance spectroscopy equipment

  # HCM-2500 Series 250,000 lbf compression tester

• Computational Facilities

# 2 SGI Origin Dual-processors
# 5-SGI Workstations
# FEA Softwares: ABAQUS, LS DYNA, ANSYS, IDEA

# Other Softwares: MATLAB, MATHEMATICA, MAPLE, MESCOPE VES

• Mississippi Center for Supercomputing Research
  # SGI Origin 2000 64-processor system
• The Group also has access to the following facilities within the School of Engineering:

  # Composite Materials Manufacturing and Mechanical Testing facilities

  # PTI Pulstar 804 Pultruder with enhanced pull speed (120"/min) and pull and clamp pressure capacity (10,000 lbs); data acquisition of all process conditions
  # McLean Anderson Little Hornet computer controlled filament winder capable of parts up to 24" in diameter and 40" in length
  # MTS 110, 22, and 5 kip fatigue-rated material test systems with TestStar and TestWorks control and acquisition packages along with fixtures for standard mechanical property tests including tension, compression, flex (3 and 4 point), short-beam shear, Iosipescu shear, and fatigue and temperature chamber
  # TA modulated differential scanning calorimeter to measure thermal conductivity, heat capacity, and standard DSC parameters
  # TA modulated thermogravimetric analysis system for measurement of weight change as a function of temperature and decomposition kinetics
  # Rheometrics AHRES rheometer for studying the rheological characteristics of polymers/composites
  # Temperature controlled Brookfield viscometer
  # Nikon optical microscopes with image analysis and mounting/polishing equipment
  # JEOL 6100 SEM with Oxford-Link EDS and image analysis software
  # Photonetics 1450 fiber optic pressure sensor
  # Micromet Instruments Eumetric 100A dielectrometer for measuring degree of cure within a pultrusion die
  # Thermotron SE-300-2-2 and SE-600-5-5 temperature and humidity control environmental chambers
  
  

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© 2004 Composite Structures and Nano Engineering Research Group
The University of Mississippi, University, MS
Questions? Comments? Please contact Dr. Alexander Cheng or Dr. Raju Mantena.