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The
Frederic O. Hess Engineering Laboratory at Drexel University
houses the Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental  Engineering’s
structural testing facility. This facility was constructed in
1997 with partial funding from the National Science Foundation.
A reaction floor 20 ft wide by 50 ft
long and an L-shaped reaction wall 25 ft high can accommodate
biaxial testing of structural frames and wall subsystems. The
reaction wall can resist a maximum point load of 100 kips at the
highest anchor point. A two-channel MTS loading system with 70
gpm pump are housed in the laboratory. Three MTS double acting
servo-hydraulic actuators are available (capacities of 55 kip,
110 kip, and 330 kip) with both static and dynamic capabilities.
The control station of the MTS system has feedback control
capabilities enabling pseudo-dynamic testing. A high speed data
acquisition system along with an array of sensors including
LVDTs, wire potentiometers, load
cells, accelerometers, etc. is available
for measuring structural responses.
The laboratory has a 5 ton overhead crane
and large access door for material delivery.
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