[ Major/Unique Components | Capabilities ]

· Subsonic, open-jet wind tunnel with 1.8-meter (m) by 1.8 m (6-foot (ft) by 6 ft) test section.

· Small-scale smoke wind tunnel for flow visualization.

· Two-DOF (degrees of freedom), large-scale, active-turbulence generator (computer controlled).

· Three-DOF motor-driven sensor traverse system (2.4 m by 2.4 m (8 ft by 8 ft), computer-controlled).

· A three-component, high-frequency, dual force-balance system.

· 1.8-m- (6-ft-) diameter, motor-driven turntable (computer-controlled).

· High-speed, pressure-scanning system.

· Two high-speed data acquisition systems for lab use (average 64 channels per system).

· Thermo-Systems Inc. (TSI) hot-wire and hot-film velocity sensors.

· Pitot-static velocity probes (various configurations) and stand-alone pressure transducers (various ranges).

· Thirteen non-contact laser transducers to measure displacement.

· One IBM Risc 6000 workstation.

· One Dell Precision 620 workstation (double xeon processors).

· Extensive bridge and highway structures model inventory.

· Bridge plan library.

· Unique wind engineering and bridge aerodynamics reference library.

· Extensive laboratory and field study data archives.

· Two parallel rigid test frames for model installation.

· Several office workstations and laptops for field data analysis.

· Several portable data acquisition systems.

· Numerous wind gauges, accelerometers, strain gauges, and other sensors.

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	· Instrument design. · Computer simulation and analysis. · Structural analysis. · Full-scale testing and analysis. · Wind tunnel experiments (especially fit for bridge applications). · Long-term monitoring of structural and wind conditions.
· Model design. · Model fabrication. · Instrument deployment. · Applied computational fluid dynamics. · Various advanced data collection approaches. Back to top...