CMSL Facilities
The Composite Materials and Structures Laboratory has state-of-art facilities in composites processing and manufacturing, mechanical and material testing, material and chemical characterization, modeling and analysis. The specific research capabilities include:
- ASC Autoclave (24″x48″, 200psi@800F)
- Binks Resin Impregnator
- Resin Transfer Molding (RTM)
- Vacuum-Assisted Resin Transfer Molding (VARTM)
- Misonix Sonicator
- Thinky Mixer
- High Shear Mechanical Mixers
- Klin
- Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD)
- Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD)
- Vacuum Oven
- High Temperature Convection Oven
- DC Power Supply (0-120V, 3A)
- Brookfield Viscometer
- Ultrasound – C Scan
- Universal Testing Machine – Instron
- Impact Tester
- Ablation Test – Oxyacetylene Torch Tester
- Thermocamera
- Heat Flux Sensor
- Microscopy Techniques: Optical, SEM, TEM
- Specimen Cutting Machine
- Specimen Polishing Machine
- Thermal Analysis: DMA, TGA, DSC
- Composites Design and Manufacturing – FIBERSIM
- RTM and VARTM Process Modeling and Simulation
- Composite Structural Design & Analysis – ABQUS, ANSYS
- Workstations and High Performance PCs