Research Facilities

Wood Mechanics Laboratory

• 150 kN (33 kip) Material Testing System (MTS) testing machine complete with computerized data acquisition system.
• 300 kN (66 kip) Riehle Material Testing Machine
• 4.5 kN (1 kip) Instron Material Testing Machine
• Lunaire 0.9 m3 (32 ft3) Steady State Temperature/Humidity Test Chamber
  

Testing Capabilities and Expertise

Compression - Parallel and Perpendicular
Connection detail testing
Density
Fatique testing
Reliability-based analysis
Forensics
Static bending properties of lumber and lumber composites - MOE / MOR
Failure Analysis and Prediction
Moisture Content
Internal Bond testing
Shear Property testing
Tension Property - Parallel and Perpendicular
Water Absorption / Thickness Swell
In-grade testing
Accelerated Aging testing
Truss component testing
Engineered Wood Composite Mechanics
Numerical Modeling
Statistical Size Effect
Plasticity Analysis

Holdsworth Hall Building materials computing laboratory and library. Collections of field relevant peer-reviewed scientific and trade journals, text and research proceedings