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The Structures Test Hall is our high-headroom lab for testing medium to large structural assemblies.
The strong floor and reaction frame systems give great versatility in the types of test that we can carry out, and we have a state of the art Instron actuator system for applying two independent loads under precise computer control.
We have a range of Universal Testing Machines. Their use includes strength tests on standard concrete and steel specimens, shear-friction tests on masonry, creep tests on steel at high temperatures, or beam tests.
The lab is equipped with furnaces and ovens for structural testing under heat and fire. We have both electric ovens and a gas radiant panel system, which allow us to carry out bespoke structures in fire testing.
We have modern high speed data acquisition systems, and an inventory of displacement, load, temperature and strain instrumentation. As well as conventional measurement methods we use digital image correlation for displacement measurement, structural health monitoring equipment, and non-destructive testing methods such as ground penetrating radar, acoustic emission and infrared thermography.
The structures lab houses the Silos Gantry, used to test storage silos and to characterise granular flow.
The strong floor and reaction frame systems give great versatility in the types of test that we can carry out, and we have a state of the art Instron actuator system for applying two independent loads under precise computer control.
We have a range of Universal Testing Machines. Their use includes strength tests on standard concrete and steel specimens, shear-friction tests on masonry, creep tests on steel at high temperatures, or beam tests.
The lab is equipped with furnaces and ovens for structural testing under heat and fire. We have both electric ovens and a gas radiant panel system, which allow us to carry out bespoke structures in fire testing.
We have modern high speed data acquisition systems, and an inventory of displacement, load, temperature and strain instrumentation. As well as conventional measurement methods we use digital image correlation for displacement measurement, structural health monitoring equipment, and non-destructive testing methods such as ground penetrating radar, acoustic emission and infrared thermography.
The structures lab houses the Silos Gantry, used to test storage silos and to characterise granular flow.
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