PHOTOELASTIC   LABORATORY

Course Uses:

     CE 522

Capacity (No. of Students):

         12

Location:

     Bldg. 3-106

Year Established:

         1978

Objectives:

·        To perform  tests using photoelasticity techniques.

Major Equipment:

·    Electronic polariscopic

·    System 1000 computerize multi channel scanning system

·    Strain gage installation benches and equipment

·    Qums. and refrigerator for storing the materials

Main Experiments:

·        Two- and three-dimensional analysis of beams and slabs

·        Investigation of stresses in skew plates

·        Investigation of bond stresses

Service Facilities (inside and outside KFUPM):

·        Research work related with senior projects and MS theses.