Civil Infrastructure Testing and Evaluation Laboratory (CITEL) Laboratory features include: • Concrete mixing and curing area • Chemistry lab for sample preparation and testing of cements, pozzolans, and geopolymers • Concrete mechanical and durability testing (Freeze-thaw, Shrinkage, Corrosion, ASR) • 9 environmental chambers, ASTM and AASHTO restrained rings • An optical and petrographic microscopy facility • Mechanical testing capabilities, which include a test bed with a 2,500-square-foot structural floor for large-scale steel or concrete members – 12-ton crane – 3 test frames – Servo-controlled hydraulic actuator with capacities ranging from 11 KIP to 210 KIP • A broad suite of standardized concrete durability testing • Testing capabilities for concrete, steel, soil, aggregate and asphalt • 3D printing capabilities • Non-destructive evaluation and monitoring – Field in-situ evaluation – Ultrasonic testing – Impact resonance testing – Non-contact measurements • Third-Scale Model Mobile Load Simulator (MMLS3), for accelerated traffic loading of payment surfaces • Seismic soil testing utilizing – Shake Table and laminar Shear Box – Large Scale Direct Shear evaluation cee.psu.edu/research/citel CITEL is a 45,000-square-foot facility that utilizes advanced testing and computational systems to examine numerous issues related to the performance of the world’s civil infrastructure. The laboratory enables evaluation of a broad range of standard and state-of-the-art concrete materials testing; measurement and characterization of pavement surfaces; in situ instrumentation; the effects of tire types and pressure on pavement performance, testing of concrete, masonry, composite structures, and subassemblies; AASHTO and ASTM cement, grout, mortar, and concrete testing; reinforcement bars and external repair/rehabilitation materials, static/dynamic/repeated loading, environmental effects, and life-cycle costs. CITEL is directed by: Dr. Ming Xiao, P.E. Associate Professor of Civil Engineering For more information: Amy Bordas Administrative Assistant, CITEL Phone: 814-865-7630 / Email: [email protected] 3127 Research Drive, Office 107 State College, PA 16801

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Civil Infrastructure Testing and Evaluation Laboratory (CITEL)

Laboratory features include:

• Concrete mixing and curing area

• Chemistry lab for sample preparation and testing of cements, pozzolans, and geopolymers

• Concrete mechanical and durability testing (Freeze-thaw, Shrinkage, Corrosion, ASR)

• 9 environmental chambers, ASTM and AASHTO restrained rings

• An optical and petrographic microscopy facility

• Mechanical testing capabilities, which include a test bed with a 2,500-square-foot structural floor for large-scale steel or concrete members

– 12-ton crane – 3 test frames – Servo-controlled hydraulic actuator with capacities ranging

from 11 KIP to 210 KIP

• A broad suite of standardized concrete durability testing

• Testing capabilities for concrete, steel, soil, aggregate and asphalt

• 3D printing capabilities

• Non-destructive evaluation and monitoring – Field in-situ evaluation – Ultrasonic testing – Impact resonance testing – Non-contact measurements

• Third-Scale Model Mobile Load Simulator (MMLS3), for accelerated traffic loading of payment surfaces

• Seismic soil testing utilizing – Shake Table and laminar Shear Box – Large Scale Direct Shear evaluationcee.psu.edu/research/citel

CITEL is a 45,000-square-foot facility that utilizes advanced testing and computational systems to examine numerous issues related to the performance of the world’s civil infrastructure.

The laboratory enables evaluation of a broad range of standard and state-of-the-art concrete materials testing; measurement and characterization of pavement surfaces; in situ instrumentation; the effects of tire types and pressure on pavement performance, testing of concrete, masonry, composite structures, and subassemblies; AASHTO and ASTM cement, grout, mortar, and concrete testing; reinforcement bars and external repair/rehabilitation materials, static/dynamic/repeated loading, environmental effects, and life-cycle costs.

CITEL is directed by: Dr. Ming Xiao, P.E. Associate Professor of Civil Engineering

For more information:Amy BordasAdministrative Assistant, CITELPhone: 814-865-7630 / Email: [email protected] Research Drive, Office 107State College, PA 16801

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Large-scale dynamic direct shear machine

Third-Scale Model Mobile Load Simulator (MMLS3)

Hydraulic flume

MTS 220 kips dual actuators

Shake table with laminar shear box3D printing of concrete