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Go to the U of M home page One Stop MyU : For Students, Faculty, and Staff Search MAST Laboratory Menu MAST Laboratory Features 6-DOF Control Technology Hybrid Testing Virtual Tour People Equipment 6-DOF Test System Test System Capacities Attachment Plates - Strongfloor and Strongwalls Crosshead Strongfloor Strongwalls Ancillary Actuators Instrumentation Instrumentation Overview Krypton CMM System LVDT’s (Linear Variable Differential Transformer) Load Cells Welcome Previous Next The University of Minnesota’s Multi-Axial Subassemblage Testing (MAST) Laboratory, the largest test system of its kind in the world, provides a powerful tool for investigating the effects of earthquakes, hurricanes, and other extreme events on large structural components up to several stories tall. Key features of the MAST Laboratory include: Sophisticated six-degrees-of-freedom (DOF) control system that enables the application of complex multi-directional deformation or loading schemes to structural subassemblages Ability to apply large loads and deformations to test large-scale structural subassemblages including portions of beam-column frame systems, walls, tanks, and bridge piers Integrated Quasi-Static Hybrid Simulation using the OpenFresco open-source framework High capacity data acquisition system for collecting sensor information and three-dimensional positional information via optical measuring system Remotely-controllable telepresence capabilities including capturing of high-resolution images Documents: Proposer Guide mast_proposer_guide - 20211026 - R3.pdf MAST Brochure mast_brochure.pdf Hybrid Test Brochure mast_hybrid_testing_brochure.pdf College of Science and Engineering 117 Pleasant Street SE Minneapolis, MN 55455 (612) 624-2006 Main http://cse.umn.edu MAST Laboratory 2525 4th St SE Minneapolis, MN 55455 (612) 626-9561 Main (612) 626-1823 Operations Manager (612) 625-5964 Fax http://mastlab.umn.edu Department of Civil, Environmental, and Geo- Engineering 500 Pillsbury Drive SE Minneapolis, MN 55455 (612) 625-5522 Main (612) 626-7750 Fax http://cege.umn.edu For Students, Faculty, and Staff One Stop MyU © 2024 Regents of the University of Minnesota . All rights reserved. The University of Minnesota is an equal opportunity educator and employer. Privacy Statement Report Web Disability-Related Issue MAST Laboratory Features 6-DOF Control Technology Hybrid Testing Virtual Tour People Equipment 6-DOF Test System Test System Capacities Attachment Plates - Strongfloor and Strongwalls Crosshead Strongfloor Strongwalls Ancillary Actuators Instrumentation Instrumentation Overview Krypton CMM System LVDT’s (Linear Variable Differential Transformer) Load...