Geo / Civil / Seismic Testing / No. 4 / April 2010  Floating Concrete Docking Safely MTS shake table supports seismic testing of wind turbine structure   MTS helps a university structural engineering department glean greater insight into the mechanical behavior of the latest reinforced concrete materials.   Floating Concrete   Dr. Evan Bentz and his colleagues at the University of Toronto’s Mark Huggins Structures Laboratory perform leading-edge research into the behavior of reinforced concrete under extreme conditions. To keep pace with significant advances in concrete materials science, however, they realized that they needed to test with far higher levels of control and precision than their existing Shell Element Test (SET) system was capable of delivering. By leveraging advanced MTS servocontrols, hydraulic distribution and state-of-the-art test application software, they were able to update their existing SET system to more accurately simulate the real-world operating conditions of today’s stronger reinforced concrete structures. Read full story     MTS helps a marine products manufacturer become a preferred engineering and testing resource for its customers.   Whenever a marine vessel enters a port, a significant amount of energy gets transferred between the berthing vessel and the rigid docking structure in place to receive it. Maritime International Inc., headquartered in Broussard, Louisiana, specializes in the engineering and manufacturing of fendering systems designed to safely absorb the momentum of berthing vessels, helping to protect both docks and ships. Read full story     MTS shake table supports seismic testing of wind turbine structure   How well would a wind turbine withstand an earthquake? That is the question that the George Brown, Jr., Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEES) at the University of California at San Diego (UCSD) set out to answer. Read full story   Events Calendar   MTS Declares Quarterly Dividend       MTS Extends Aerodynamic Testing Expertise to Simulate Aircraft Ground Effects      MTS Reports 2010 First Quarter Financial Results  View Past Editions / Editorial Feedback / Privacy Policy © 2004-2010 MTS Systems Corporation. All rights reserved. Logos, names, designs, titles, words, or phrases appearing on this page may constitute trademarks, servicemarks, or tradenames of MTS Systems Corporation and may be registered in various jurisdictions.