The Newmark Structural Engineering Lab (NSEL) has served as one of the nation’s best testing facilities for structural testing. Feel free to be inspired!
Large-Scale Testing of a Concrete-Embedded Miter Gate Anchorage and Implications for Infrastructure Monitoring
By Alex Weber-Kamin
/ May 9, 2021
"The results confirmed the finite element modeling – the stress deep in the embedded components is sufficiently low that fatigue...
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Pressure Distribution in Railroad Track Structure
By admin
/ October 3, 2020
PIs: Marcus Dersch, P.E. | Arthur Lima Experiments were conducted in a loading frame filled with ~24 inches of ballast...
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Canadian National (CN) Splice Bending Test
By admin
/ October 3, 2020
PI: Prof. Bill Spencer, Prof. James Phillips, and Prof. German Gurfinkel
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Automated Indoor Navigation and Reality Capture using a Ground Robot
By admin
/ August 11, 2020
PI: M. Golparvar-Fard/ Student: A. Ibrahim This research explores new path planning and navigation methods for autonomous robotic platforms that...
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Testing of Bridge Timber Piles under Eccentric Loads
By admin
/ June 12, 2020
PI: B. Andrawes/Student: K.E. Kim Bridges with various timber structural components make up a large portion of the transportation infrastructure...
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Application of SMA-FRP Bars in Seismic Design of Concrete Structure
By admin
/ June 12, 2020
PI: B. Andrawes/Student: A. Zafar For many years, steel has been used as the primary reinforcing material for concrete structures....
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Prestressing System for Concrete Crossties using Shape Memory Alloys
By admin
/ June 12, 2020
PI: B. Andrawes/Student: M. Sung This project focused on developing an Adaptive Prestressing System (APS) for concrete crossties. The new...
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Construction of Bridge Girders using Self Consolidating Concrete
By admin
/ June 12, 2020
PI: B. Andrawes/Student: A. Pozolo Self-consolidating concrete (SCC) is a workable yet stable concrete which flows easily and consolidates under...
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Damage Repair of Girder End Regions using FRP
By admin
/ June 12, 2020
PI: B. Andrawes/Student: H. Zhao Concrete bridges play an important role in the transportation network. However, there are more than...
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Application of Active Confinement using Shape Memory Alloys
By admin
/ June 12, 2020
PI: B. Andrawes/Students: M. Shin and Q. Chen This research focuses on examining the use of shape memory alloy (SMA)...
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