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Alfond W2 Ocean Engineering Lab, Advanced Structures & Composites Center, University Of Maine Aug 2019

Alfond W2 Ocean Engineering Lab, Advanced Structures & Composites Center, University Of Maine

General University of Maine Publications

The Alfond W2 Ocean Engineering Lab at the University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center is a unique facility equipped with a high-performance rotatable wind machine over a multidirectional wave basin. The facility will accurately simulate towing tests, variable water depths, and scaled wind and wave conditions that represent some of the worst storms possible anywhere on Earth.


Wind Blade Testing: Design, Fabricate, And Test Under One Roof, Advanced Structures & Composites Center, University Of Maine Jun 2019

Wind Blade Testing: Design, Fabricate, And Test Under One Roof, Advanced Structures & Composites Center, University Of Maine

General University of Maine Publications

The University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center's award winning research staff help clients take innovations from concept through design validation. The 8100 m2, $160 million laboratory employs more than 150 people with expertise in large-scale and coupon-level instrumentation and testing, composites manufacturing and analysis, finite element analysis and other modeling techniques. UMaine Composites Center faculty and staff may be engaged to jointly develop products, or may be contracted to fabricate and test composite or concrete products.