FEARS STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING LABORATORY

The Donald G. Fears Structural Engineering Laboratory is used for CE 3673, Structural Design--Concrete I, CE 5773, Structural Design,--Steel II, and CE 5783, Structural Design--Concrete II. The laboratory is equipped with static and dynamic loading systems such as a 200,000-pound universal testing machine, two 55,000-pound capacity closed-loop hydraulic testing systems, a 22,000-pound capacity actuator, a 11,000-pound capacity actuator, and a 110,000-pound capacity load frame. In addition, the lab contains a 4ft by 6ft shake table and a 12-ft by 12-ft environmental chamber. The lab contains several PC-based data acquisition systems, and associated load, displacement, and strain transducers. The laboratory building was completed in 1979; basic load-application and data acquisition equipment were installed at that time. Subsequently, equipment has been added using new faculty startup funds, externally-funded research grants, and University of Oklahoma Research grants.

Over the past decade we have added the following equipment: 4 ft. by 6 ft. seismic simulator; 110-kip load frame; 22-kip actuator and load cell; 25 gpm pump for seismic simulator and 110-kip frame; environmental chamber; concrete mixer; rotary hammer; several PC-based data acquisition systems and various transducers.