The Mechanics of Solids聽laboratory is a facility dedicated to the structural testing and design of components and materials.聽
There are three strands of activity:聽
- Teaching experiments - predominantly undergraduate聽
- Research - predominantly staff and postgraduates; and聽
- Contract research,聽consulting聽and investigations for industry.聽
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- Instron 3369 universal testing system with 卤50聽kN聽load capacity聽
- Instron 8804 uniaxial聽servohydraulic聽dynamic testing system with maximum fatigue-rated capacity 卤500聽kN聽
- Instron 8852 biaxial聽servohydraulic聽dynamic testing system with 卤100聽kN聽axial force capacity and 卤1000聽N.m聽torsion capacity聽
- Instron 8872 uniaxial聽servohydraulic聽dynamic testing system with maximum fatigue-rated capacity 卤25聽kN聽
- Hydraulic聽Mutiaxial聽Test Bed with聽16-square-metre envelope and four 100聽kN聽dynacells聽
- Small scale ADMET聽eXpert聽5951 dynamic testing system with fatigue-rated capacity 卤4聽kN聽聽
- Instron CEAST 9350 Drop Tower high-energy and high-velocity impact test machine聽
- 3D full field strain measuring equipment (ARAMIS)聽
- Advanced video extensometer聽
- Environmental chamber (-150 to 250聽deg聽C) compatible with Instron testing systems聽
- Industrial grade autoclave for composite material manufacture聽
- Dynamic and quasistatic strength testing of materials聽
- Fracture mechanics and fatigue crack growth testing of materials聽
- Testing facility for composite materials聽
- Strain gauging聽
- Pressure testing聽
- Finite element stress analysis聽
- Structural design of components and capital equipment聽
- Nanoindenter
- Nanotribometer
- Microtribometer
- High temperature tribometer (up to 1000 deg C)
- X-ray stress analyser and material property analyser (up to 1000 deg C)