Laboratory:

  • Injury and Orthopaedic Biomechanics Laboratory (1500 sq. ft)
  • Structural Biomechanics Laboratory (1200 sq. ft)
  • Tissue Preparation Laboratory (500 sq. ft)
  • Walk-in Freezer (300 sq. ft)

Computation:

  • 6 Terabyte RAID file server with LT03 nightly backup
  • 64 bit, 4 node, 12 processor Beowulf Compute Cluster
  • access to an additional 30 node Beowolf Cluster
  • 2 dual processor, dual display visualization workstations
  • Altair HyperWorks
  • MADYMO
  • LS-DYNA
  • ABAQUS
  • ProE
  • AMIRA
  • ImageExpress

Equipment:

  • Two MTS TestStar II servo-hydraulic control systems
  • 10,000 lb load frame with a 60 cm stroke highspeed hydraulic actuator
  • 110,000 lb Load frame with a 10 cm stroke actuator
  • High speed servo-hydraulic torsion actuator
  • 20 GPM 3000 psi hydraulic power supply
  • Five meter head and neck impact drop track
  • Kodak EktaPro EM-2 1000 frame/second digital video system
  • 3 camera, 10,000 fps Phantom digital video system
  • Pulnix high-resolution digital video system
  • Olympus IX70 Inverted System Microscope
  • Instrumented pure bending flexibility test frame
  • Seven 16 channel digital data acquisition systems
  • Impact pendulum