Facilities

MiCro CT system- Skyscan 1272

Dr. Liu recently purchased an in situ testing MiCro CT system- Skyscan 1272. The system is equipped with a loading stage (upto to 400 N) and can reach submicron resolution imaging for small metallic and polymer specimens. It is equipped with a high end workstation and GPU server for fast imaging analysis. Complete accessory and corresponding polishing equipment are available from Dr. Liu’s lab and ASU workshop for different specimen preparation and testing.

MTS Landmark ® Servohydraulic Test Systems


100 kN with various standard and in house grips equipped with high temperature creep fatigue testing system up to 1000 degree C equipped with digital image correlation system for con-contact strain measurements

10 kN MTS electron-mechanical testing machine


Zeiss EVO scanning electron microscope 


Work with tensile stage for both in situ and ex situ measurements Gold coater for composite and polymer imaging

High power (20w), fast (1~2 ns) MOPA laser source and controller 


Laser-ultrasound / optoacoustic generator

Laservibrometer for non-contact vibration and wave propogation measurments
 


FLIR high resolution thermal camera for real time temperature field measurments


Current setup for SONIC IR and Laser pulse IR imaging

In situ mechanical tester with complete controller and grips for tension, compression, bending static and fatigue loading


Upto 5 kN loading, under optical microscope and SEM with high temperature heating upto 1000 degree C

High power ultrasound generator for heating and melting 20 kHz


Current setup for SONIC IR imaging

High voltage piezo acurator for sensing applications


Hot pressing for manufacturing of composite laminates or other laminated system


Several upright and inverted optical microscope for imaging and in situ testing


Mini-workshop for simple specimen and fixture manufacturing


Material polishing and preparation stations


Electronic devices for sensing, generation of signals