Mechanical Engineering Lab
Lab equipment includes:
- Engineering Laboratory Design, Inc. small 12” open circuit subsonic wind tunnel for researching the interaction between air and an object flying through the air or moving along the ground
- Educational and research purposes (Wind speeds reach up to approximately 110 mph, Velocity ranges from 1.5-50.2 m/s or 5.0-165.0 fps)
- Classroom-oriented lab experiment apparatuses (Osborne Reynolds apparatuses, air flow and hydrostatics benches, etc.) for testing fluids and materials
- Tinius Olsen tensile testers for determining how strong materials are
- 25 kN tester for educational purposes
- 500 kN tester for research purposes and fatigue testing
- Cutting and polishing equipment for grinding and polishing surfaces after materials are broken
- Tinius Olsen torsion tester for twisting materials to see when they break
- Charpy impact tester for measuring a material’s notch toughness
- Mostly educational purposes
- Charpy pendulum impact tester for measuring a material’s notch toughness
- Educational and research purposes
- Nikon optical microscopes for viewing materials and photographing visuals to be sent to a PC for analysis
- Educational and research purposes (10,20,40,100X eyepieces)
- United TRU-BLUE hardness tester for determining the hardness value of various materials
- Instron Model R.R. Moore High-Speed Rotating Beam Fatigue Testing Machine for putting materials through a complete cycle of flexural stress
- Fume hood for preventing the release of hazardous substances into the laboratory space
- Ventilated workstation tables for creating a safe space to do educational experiments
- Heat convection and conduction for transferring heat and energy
- Lab air and vacuum for supporting equipment and experiments
- Learn more about UMD's Department of Mechanical Engineering at https://enme.umd.edu/
Lab contact:
Bill Malatesta
wmala2@umd.edu
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