UCLA Active Materials Laboratory
Prof. Greg Carman, Ph.D.
UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science
Facilities
Mechanical Testing
MTS Tytron micro-fatigue test system with thermal chamber
- Load capacity: 25 lbf at 25 Hz
- Displacement resolution: 0.1 micron
- Thermal chamber: -120 °C to 200 °C
MTS 858 Tension/Torsion servo-hydraulic test system with thermal chamber
- Axial load capacity: 3,300 lbf at 20 Hz
- Torsional load capacity: 1000 in-lb at 20 Hz
- Thermal chamber: -150 °C to 200 °C
Instron 8516 servo-hydraulic testing system with thermal chamber
- Load capacity: 22,000 lbf at 50 Hz
- Torsional load capacity: 1000 in-lb at 20 Hz
- Thermal chamber: -150 °C to 200 °C
MTS high frequency test frame with thermal chamber
- Load capacity: 5,000 lbf at 1,000 Hz
Electro-Magneto-Thermo Testing
Trek 20kV 20/20 high voltage AC/DC power supply
Trek 50/750 2 channel high voltage AC/DC power supply
3 channel high voltage amplifier
Tektronix TDS460A oscilloscope
Burleigh 600-C-1-0-1 inch worm motor
Solenoid (Boston Transformer, custom made)
Shimadzu DSC-50 Differential Scanning Calorimeter
- Temperatures range: -1500°C to 7000°C
- Heat flow sensitivity: 10 - 100 J/s
- Temperature sensitivity: 0.10°C
- Heating rate : 0.5 - 500°C/min
- Atmosphere : Inert gas
Four Point Probe
- Temperature range : -400°C to 3000°C
- Rate of heating/cooling: 0.5°C/min (min)
- Probe spacing : 0.05"
- Tungsten carbide tips
- Programmable (LabVIEW)
SR785 Two Channel Dynamic Signal Analyzer
- 90 dB dynamic range
- 16-bit A/D conversion
- Low distortion synthesized source
- GPIB and RS-232 interfaces included
- DC to 102.4 kHz Bandwidth
Flash Lamp System
- 480 V Breaker Box (40 Amp)
- Control Concepts Power Controller
- Omega Temperature / Process Controller
- Research Incorp. Gold Plated Reflector Radiant Lamp Bank (AU612) (8, 12" lamps, 1000 W ea.)
Wavetek Model 29 function generator
Trek 4kV 609-D AC/DC power supply
Burleigh PZ-150M AC/DC power supply
Keithly 1kV 228 AC/DC power supply
HP DC Power 6268B
Kistler dual mode charge amplifier