Historically research at the Donald G. Fears Structural Engineering Lab had been limited to pure structural research.
But in the last ten years the CEES geo-technical faculty have been increasing present at the Lab and in the last year faculty from the College of Architecture, Construction Science Department, have begun to perform research at Fears Lab. The increased use of Fears Lab by other research group is an expression of our larger plan of increasing the relevance and impact of Fears Lab on our state.
The following figures and summaries illustrate some of the research that has been performed at the Donald G. Fears Structural Engineering Lab in the last six years. This list is by no means comprehensive, but it does provide a reasonable overview of the research capabilities of the Lab.
Axial, Bending and Pressure Testing of Large Pipe Connections using the API 5C5 test. The load envelope for this set of testing includes 5,000,000 lbs Tension or Compression, 1,800,000 lf-ft of moment and 6000 psi internal pressure.
Sponsor: Franks Casing Crew
P.I. Chris Ramseyer
Inelastic Capacity of the Bearing Seat, End Panel Diagonal, and End Panel Chord for Cold Form Steel Joists
Sponsor: Star Buildings
P.I. Chris Ramseyer
Cold Formed Steel Joist Buckling Capacity Testing of double strut line without interaction of roofing panel
Sponsor: Star Buildings
P.I. Chris Ramseyer
Bending Capacity of Cold Formed Steel Purlins with an Innovative Bracing System Using the Base Test Method. These tests investigated the hypothesis that torsional bracing could effectively brace a purlin for Lateral-Torsional buckling. 56 of these tests were "traded" for the material to expand the Fears Lab high bay by 50%
Sponsor: Star Buildings
P.I. Chris Ramseyer
Bending Capacity of Cold Formed Steel Purlins Using a proprietary Torsional Bracing System Using the Base Test Method.
Sponsor: BC Steel
P.I. Chris Ramseyer
Concrete Materials Research - Includes VES concrete, CSA concrete, UHS concrete, Latex-modified concrete, Fiber additives, Fly Ash modifications and Low shrinkage concrete
Sponsor: Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT) & CTS – Cement Manufacturing Corp
P.I. Chris Ramseyer
Direct tension testing of concrete overlay systems
Sponsor: CTS – Cement Manufacturing Corp
P.I. Chris Ramseyer
Vibrating wire strain gauges used in the field monitoring of shrinkage compensating concrete used in the construction of a 6 million gallon tank located in Springfield, Illinois.
Sponsor: CTS – Cement Manufacturing Corp
P.I. Chris Ramseyer
