UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON/ COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

WISCONSIN STRUCTURES & MATERIALS TESTING LABORATORY (WSMTL)

VIBRATION AND SHOCK TESTING EQUIPMENT

The equipment list below identifies current, state-of-the-art compression and tension machines available in the laboratory. The machines have load ranges from a few hundred pounds to one million pounds providing a capability to test a wide variety of materials and structures.

 

Machine Name	Function	Capacity
Digital Image Correlation(DIC) System with Dual 5.0 MP Cameras	Precision Displacement Measuring Utilizing Dual 5.0 MP Digital Cameras	2 cameras 2 analog inputs
Polytec Laser Vibrometer, PSV-200	Vibration Velocity & Displacement Measurement	NA
Nicolet 3090 Digital Oscilloscope	Dynamic Data Acquistion	NA
Tektronix Digial Storage Scope	Dynamic Data Acquistion	NA
LDS Vibration Exciter	Random, Sine & Shock Exciter	1100 lb force, 2-inch-displacement
Ling Electronics	Modal Analysis Exciter	100 lb force
APS Dynamics 300	Modal Analysis Exciter	5 lb force
VTS-100 Vibration System	Modal Analysis Exciter	100 lb force
B&K Vibration Exciter 4809	Modal Analysis Exciter	10 lb force
Data Physics DP550W in Controller	LDS Exciter Controller for Sine, Dwell, Random & Shock	3 inputs, 1 output
Data Physics DP550W in Controller	Modal Exciter Controller for Sine, Random, with FFT Analyzer	4 inputs, 2 ouputs
Transducers & Conditioners	Dynamic: Load, Acceleration & Displacement Measurement	Wide Range
Computer Data Acquisition Systems	High Speed Multi-Channel Data Acquisition	16 channels

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