Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s 카지노게임사이트 researcher Amir Fam and his team unveiled a cutting-edge Moving Load Simulator on Thursday, July 12, featuring new technology designed to test structural integrity of bridge materials and design.

The one-of-a-kind system simulates the forces borne by a bridge when large and small vehicles drive across. It collects data which are then analyzed by engineers to assess the performance of all aspects of the bridge structure, including the deck, girders, joints, and connections of many types of bridges.

카지노 게임 컬렉션�This equipment here at Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s is remarkably unique,카지노 게임 컬렉션� says Dr. Fam, Donald and Sarah Munro Chair in Engineering and Applied Science and Associate Dean (Research and Graduate Studies). 카지노 게임 컬렉션�We wanted to take the lead in understanding bridges under full-scale moving loads by creating testing infrastructure that was innovative and new. We accomplished that with this technology.카지노 게임 컬렉션�

The $4.2 million in funding to design and build the simulator 카지노 게임 컬렉션� the first of its kind in Canada 카지노 게임 컬렉션� and other support infrastructure was provided by the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI), the Ontario Research Fund and the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Sciences, with additional in-kind contributions.

카지노 게임 컬렉션�The important research enabled by the Moving Load Simulator will save lives and reduce costs,카지노 게임 컬렉션� says Roseann O카지노 게임 컬렉션�Reilly Runte, President and CEO of CFI. 카지노 게임 컬렉션�Aging infrastructure in bridges across North America can be a serious issue of safety and security. The ability to study simultaneously both load and motion will be key to building better bridges in the future and to knowing today which bridges should require load limits.카지노 게임 컬렉션�

Traditionally, bridge materials are tested using a pulsating technique that sees a large hammer-like instrument pounding the material repeatedly in the same spot. Dr. Fam says that, in reality, this isn카지노 게임 컬렉션�t how bridges are used in the real-world. By driving back and forth over the test material, the simulator recreates the forces bridges undergo every day and over a long period of time.

카지노 게임 컬렉션�We designed and built this new technology to give us deeper insights than we카지노 게임 컬렉션�ve ever had before,카지노 게임 컬렉션� says Dr. Fam. 카지노 게임 컬렉션�The simulator gives us a more accurate estimate of material fatigue, which correlates to the service life of the bridge. This is critical knowledge we can now supply to the construction industry.카지노 게임 컬렉션�

The Ministry of Transportation (MTO), which owns and maintains the vast majority of bridges in the Province, is one of first partners that will be using the load simulator to test bridges in Ontario.  Dr. Fam says the technology will also contribute to more design efficiencies.

카지노 게임 컬렉션�In addition to our industry partners, the Moving Load Simulator will provide a unique opportunity for Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s students,카지노 게임 컬렉션� says Dr. Fam. 카지노 게임 컬렉션�They are going to be exposed to one of the more unique research facilities in the world and will be able to use it for research projects.카지노 게임 컬렉션�

Dr. Fam worked closely with key players from the Structures Group in the Department of Civil Engineering, graduate students and also worked with industry partners, Dymech, Canadian Precast Prestressed Concrete Institute, and Forterra Engineering, to take this innovative facility from a vision to reality.

카지노 게임 컬렉션�The launch of the Moving Load Simulator is indicative of the highly advanced and applicable nature of research at Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s, and, importantly, of how strong collaborations, student engagement, and industry partnerships can work in synergy to address real-world challenges,카지노 게임 컬렉션� says Kimberly Woodhouse, Interim Vice-Principal (Research).