The Structures Laboratory and its support space underpins all of the experimental research conducted across the Civil Engineering Division. Dedicated equipment aligns with the need for a well-founded central workshop with local fabrication facilities for complex experimental test rigs and components and for multi-material specimen preparation, advanced measurement and data acquisition capabilities, world-leading small and large scale experimental testing, novel measurement systems, and the movement of specimens and materials throughout the building.
Key equipment:
- Steel reinforcement cutting and bending station
- Servo-hydraulic ring main feeding actuators up to 1MN for static and dynamic loading
- 20 x 10m High-capacity strong floor
- 1MN Servo-hydraulic universal testing (UTS) machine
- CNC Plasma cutter
- Environmental test chamber for UTS machine
- High specification data acquisition systems (DAQ Loggers)
- 2 x LED Large field dynamic measuring machine (DMM)
- Wide range of steel sections (Meccanno) for construction of bespoke loading frames
- Workshop including table saw, milling station, lathe, etc
- 2 x 10 tonnes gantry cranes
- 2 x Environmental (climate) test chamber
