Mechanical testing
Controls Automax hydraulic testing system (load control)
15kN, 300kN and 2000kN compression test frames
350kN customisable flexural test frame
100kN Instron with thermomechanical (-100 °C to 350 °C) testing chamber (load or displacement control)
Compression, flexure, tensile splitting testing devices (customisable)
2mm and 20mm LVDTs
Hydraulic systems for custom testing rigs
Laboratory strong floor
Laboratory instrumentation
Daheng 25MP stereo camera set (x2)
Daheng 12MP stereo camera set (x2)
Teledyne Dalsa 2MP stereo camera set (x2)
High speed iX203 stereo camera set (x1) (to be acquired)
Imetrum data acquisition box
MatchID data acquisition box (to be acquired)
MicroSHM acoustic emission system with four R6a and two WSa microphones
Polytec PDV100 laser vibrometer
Accelerometers (via Manolis Chatzis)
Sample preparation, cutting, curing and ageing
Paddle bucket mixers
EN and ASTM flow tables
Kermet grinding, polishing and mounting equipment (via Emilio Martinez-Paneda)
Steel moulds for cube, flexural and cylindrical samples
Milling and water-jetting facilities
Table disc cutters (to be acquired)
Hilti DD130, 100mm diameter cylinder and coring bench
3D printing lab
Light, temperature and humidity chamber Memmert ICH110L
CO2, temperature and humidity chamber Memmert ICH 110C
Salt spray, temperature and humidity chamber Ascott CC450iP
Grant Water bath (via James Marrow, Materials)
Materials characterisation
Optical microscope
Thermal moisture analyser
Structured light scanner (EinScan Pro HD hand scanner with colour camera and turntable)
Zeiss XRadia MicroCT Versa 510 (via James Marrow, Materials)
SEM/EDX (via OCHRE, Oxford Centre for Heritage Research and Engagement) (to be acquired)
XRF (via OCHRE, Oxford Centre for Heritage Research and Engagement) (to be acquired)
Access to Diamond and ISIS beamlines (upon application)
Field inspection equipment
Ultrasonic Pulse Velocity Proceq PDV-200 (via Heather Viles, Geography)
Mortar Penetrometer RSM
Silver Schmidt hammer (via Heather Viles, Geography)
Woodpecker
Field monitoring equipment
FARO Laser Scanner S70 (with Ricoh Theta 1 camera)
Canon EoS 6D camera (with GPS) and 24-105mm lens
Mavic 2 Pro with Smart Controller
Luna Hyperion Fibre Bragg Grating Analyser
Data processing software
MatchID digital image correlation (Grabber, HSGrabber, Stereo DIC, Multi-DIC, VFM, Experimental control) (to be acquired)
Faro SCENE
EinScan ExScan Pro
Agisoft Metashape
Simulation software
DIANA FEA
3DEC
Abaqus
Hydrus
Comsol
Blender