ConocoPhillips Structures Testing Lab
Large Specimen Testing
The STL was designed to test large specimens and components of structures. The facility includes a 3 foot thick concrete strong floor, a 10 ton overhead bridge crane, and a structural steel load frame.
Load Capacity
- 1 MN actuator
- 10" piston stroke
- 215 kips (965 kN) tension; 330 kips (1460 kN) compression
- 500 kN actuator
- 20" piston stroke
- 110 kips tension; 110 kips compression
- 100 kN actuator
- 20" piston stroke
- Cold and hot environments
- Simple, low-cost test setups
- 30 gpm hydraulic power unit
- Quasi-static and pseudo-dynamic load environments
- MTS Flex-test Controller® - custom load functions
Size Capacity
The load frame can accommodate test specimens:
- up to 15' tall
- up to 20' long
Specimen Fixtures
- Tension/Compression: 1 MN capacity
- Flexure: 1 MN capacity
- Lateral Load: 500kN capacity
Models for Providing Services to Industry
Research Grant
- Long-term study
- Fundamental research
- Applied research
Short-form Contract
- Standard UAA contract
- Contract generally accepted by all parties as-is
- Best for projects that are time-critical
Master Services Agreement (MSA)
- Provide testing services as needed
- Each negotiated scope of work performed under MSA
- Saves time (once MSA is in place)
- Best when multiple services may be needed over an extended period
Cost Center (coming soon)
- Set time-and-materials rate
- No contract
- Deliverables upon receipt of payment
- Smaller projects with short timeframe
Contact Information
| Scott Hamel Lab Director Associate Professor and Chair, Civil Engineering |
sehamel@alaska.edu 786-1070 |
| Tim Kirk Lab Manager College of Engineering |
tkirk5@alaska.edu 786-1981 |
| Kim Riggs Facilities Manager College of Engineering |
kariggs@alaska.edu 786-5476 |