Address
3909 Halls Ferry Road
Vicksburg, MS 39180-6199
United StatesDescription
The mission of the U.S. Army Engineer
Research and Development Center ( ERDC) is to provide quality,
responsive engineering and environmental research and development
support to the Army and the Nation. The ERDC is a Major Subordinate
Command of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers that develops and
applies innovative science and technology solutions to support
warfighting, infrastructure, environment, water resources, and
disaster operations. The ERDC consists of 2000 employees working in
seven laboratories at four sites. The ERDC headquarters is located
at the Waterways Experiment Station (WES) in Vicksburg, Miss. The
operating elements at that site are the Coastal and Hydraulics,
Environmental, Geotechnical and Structures, and the Information
Technology Laboratories. The Cold Regions Research and Engineering
Laboratory (CRREL) is located in Hanover, N.H. The Construction
Engineering Research Laboratory (CERL) is located in Champaign,
Illinois. The Topographic Engineering Center (TEC) is located in
Alexandria, Va. The Waterways Experiment Station (WES) in
Vicksburg, Miss., was born out of the tragedy of the 1927
Mississippi River flood; WES was established by Congress in 1929 to
study ways to control flooding along the nation's waterways. This
mission has evolved to include a wide variety of civil engineering
related missions in response to the needs of the nation. The four
laboratories at WES have evolved into the nation's pre-imminent
government source for expertise and assistance on programs and
projects relating to water, terrain and related environments.
Mission
The mission of the Geotechnical and
Structures Laboratory encompasses: geotechnical engineering, rock
and soil mechanics, earthquake engineering, pavements, structural
engineering and dynamics, vehicle-terrain interaction, concrete
materials and technology, military engineering, geology, geophysics
, and hydrogeology.
Technology Disciplines
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Centrifuge Research Center
Address:
3550 Aberdeen Ave. SE
Kirkland AFB
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P: 601-634-4113 E: Wipawi.Vanadit-Ellis@usace.army.milSecurity Clearance : Non Security LabSquare Footage: 0 Lab Reps:
Wipawi Vanadit-Ellis
The purpose of the Centrifuge Research Center is to allow economic evaluation of alternative designs, investigation of complex problem areas, and validation of numerical methods with instrumented physical models. ERDC has a successful history of applying centrifuge techniques in the solution of high priority challenges to the Army. Early pioneering work on weapons effects in the mid-1970's was followed by research projects on liquefaction, erosion of dams, and earthquake engineering. The capabilities of the Army centrifuge will address research needs in physical modeling across the full range of engineering applications that will depend on the ingenuity of its users and the design of the appurtenances. Centrifuge applications range from the engineering fields of coastal, cold regions, environmental, geotechnical, hydraulics and structural applications.
Concrete Research Facility
Address:
3550 Aberdeen Ave. SE
Kirkland AFB
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P: 601-634-4113 Security Clearance : Non Security LabSquare Footage: 0 This is a 20,000-sq ft laboratory that supports research on all aspects of concrete and materials technology. The staff of this facility offer wide-ranging expertise in materials characterization, design, construction practices, and forensic investigations. Applications involve the selection of materials for special purposes, development of construction procedures, and specification of methods and materials for repair. Equipment that is available for chemical and physical research on cements and pozzolans includes a high-resolution color video image analyzer, a variable-pressure scanning electron microscope, X-ray diffraction and fluorescence equipment, and a cyclic corrosion exposure system. Engineering mechanics investigations are also conducted using a high-capacity structural floor and several dynamic programmable closed-loop universal-loading devices; sonic, ultrasonic, electric, and magnetic devices for nondestructive materials testing; and a state-of-the-art creep facility.
Geodynamics Research Facility
Address:
3550 Aberdeen Ave. SE
Kirkland AFB
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P: 601-634-4113 Security Clearance : Non Security LabSquare Footage: 0 This GSL facility has evolved over the last three decades to support survivability and protective structures research. Experimental devices include three gas-driven loaders that provide peak-applied forces of 0.45, 2.3, and 8.9 MN in either a quasi-static mode or a dynamic mode with controlled rise times between 3 and 100 msec. Several pressure vessels having peak pressure limits of 7 MPa to1 GPa accommodate cylindrical specimens with diameters ranging from 152 to 51 mm. Quasi-static servo-controlled experiments are performed with the Facility's 600-MPa pressure vessel and 8.9-MN loader. Cubical specimens can be loaded to peak stress levels of 70 MPa under true 3-D stress states. In the new split Hopkinson pressure bar facility, specimens 12.5 or 19 mm in diameter can be dynamically loaded while applying hydrostatic confining stresses between 0 and 200 MPa.
Geosciences Research, Applications, and Test Facility
Address:
3550 Aberdeen Ave. SE
Kirkland AFB
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P: 601-634-4113 Security Clearance : Non Security LabSquare Footage: 0 This facility provides the most extensive near-surface geophysics equipment and applications capability in the Department of Defense (DoD). Research conducted in this facility specializes in engineering, environmental, archeological, and groundwater geophysics and geology. The facility supports the DoD requirements for foundation investigations, installation restoration, cultural resource assessments, military groundwater supply, tunnel detection, and environmental site characterization. In addition, a 15,000-sq ft Engineering Geophysics Training Facility, consisting of metallic and nonmetallic targets buried at various depths and orientations, is used for evaluating geophysical instruments and providing hands-on training with the equipment.
Materials Testing Center
Address:
3909 Halls Ferry Road
601-634-3123
Vicksburg
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P: 601.634.2142E: MTC-info@usace.army.milSecurity Clearance : Non Security LabSquare Footage: 0 Lab Reps:
Mtc-Info
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Materials Testing Center (MTC) is committed to providing quality materials testing in a timely fashion at a reasonable cost. In addition, MTC supplies inspection services of commercial laboratories for quality assurance and quality control testing. Located at the ERDC Waterways Experiment Station site in Vicksburg, MS, the MTC is the only agency authorized to validate commercial laboratories to work for the Corps of Engineers.
Natural Weathering Exposure Station
The Corps of Engineers' Treat Island Natural Weathering Exposure Station is a long-term natural weathering facility used to study concrete durability. Located on the Bay of Fundy near Eastport, ME, this site inherently imposes a unique combination of natural severe environmental conditions, ideally representative of severe field exposure conditions. During the winter, Treat Island test specimens are subjected to between 100 and 160 freeze-thaw cycles. Cyclic inundation of saltwater and air-drying also simultaneously subject test specimens to chloride intrusion, wetting and drying, and abrasion-erosion. Over 40 active research programs are currently under way.
Pavement Materials Lab
Address:
3550 Aberdeen Ave. SE
Kirkland AFB
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P: 601-634-4113 Security Clearance : Non Security LabSquare Footage: 0 This 25,000-sq state-of-the-art facility contains the Department of Defense-unique Joint Sealant Laboratory and an Automated Data Acquisition System for acquiring rheological data on creep, strength, resilient moduli, and fatigue of a variety of paving materials. This is a highly adaptable facility that supports physical, chemical, and mechanical characterizations of pavement and construction materials using state-of-the-art equipment for physicochemical analysis of bituminous materials and mixtures, multiaxial testing equipment, environmentally controlled testing chambers, and rapid and cyclic loading dynamic testing systems.
Soil and Rock Mechanics Lab
Address:
3550 Aberdeen Ave. SE
Kirkland AFB
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P: 601-634-4113 Security Clearance : Non Security LabSquare Footage: 0 The 10,000-sq ft soil mechanics research facility is the largest in the Department of Defense and has a loading capability of 250,000 lb on triaxial specimens up to 15 in. in diameter. Also included are direct shear devices for 3- to 24-in. specimens, automated consolidometers, and rock-testing capabilities including anchor pullout tests.
US Army Corps of Engineers Reachback Operations Center
Address:
3909 Halls Ferry Road
Vicksburg
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P: E: UROC@usace.army.milSecurity Clearance : Non Security LabSquare Footage: 0 Lab Reps:
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