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MAE 105 - Fall '04
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CEAM
The experimental facilities currently available at UC San Diego's Center of Excellence for Advanced Materials are listed.
Experimental Facilities
Dynamic Testing  

Dynamic Testing
Dynamic testing facilities include Hopkinson bars, gas guns, electromagnetic loading facilities, a unique laser impulse facility, and a high-velocity forging facility.

Quasi-Static Testing  
Quasi-Static and Fatigue Testing
Quasi-static testing facilities' computer-controlled hydraulics and multi-axial load frames provide state-of-the-art testing of materials under quasi-static loading. The large triaxial cell facility for the study of granular materials is the only facility of its kind.
Diagnosis  
Materials Diagnosis and Characterization
Diagnostic facilities include microscopy, imaging, cameras with frame rates of upto 20 million frames per second and X-ray flash photography. Facilities also include Thermal and dynamic mechanical analyzers as well as a differentialscanning calorimeter.
Specimen/Equipment Fabrication

Specimen/Equipment Fabrication
These facilities include three well-equipped machine shops: Materials Science Machine Shop, School of Engineering Machine Shop, and Upper Campus Machine Shop.

Multifunctional Polymer Testing  
Polymer and Composite Processing Facility
This facility is presently developing novel polymers and structural composite materials with embedded sensors for structural health monitoring.
IPMC Testing
Ionic Polymer Metal Composite Facility
This facility fabricates, processes and characterizes ionic polymer metal composite materials and studies the newly discovered actuation mechanism.