STRUCTURAL  MECHANICS  LABORATORY

Course Uses:

     CE 204

Capacity (No. of Students):

         20

Location:

     Bldg. 1-100

Year Established:

         1973

Objectives:

·        To make undergraduates aware of the various characteristics of materials, and the types of tests available to determine them.

Major Equipment:

·        Universal testing machines up to max. 2000 kN

·        Hardness testing machines

·        Torsion testing machines

·        Environmental testing chamber

·        Dynamic loading facility (INSTRON)

Main Experiments:

·    Hardness

·    Torsion

·    Tension

·    Compression

·    Shear centre

·    Buckling

·    Beam bending

·    Poisson’s ratio

·    Stress concentration

·    Strain gages 

Service Facilities (inside and outside KFUPM):

·        Research work for senior projects, MS and Ph.D students.