State-of-the-Art Laboratory Facilities
EPICentre are actively involved in physical testing for increasing knowledge of the response of buildings and infrastructure to actions from natural hazards. These tests are carried out at a number of unique laboratory facilities provided by Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê in the Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic engineering, the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Here East, as well as by other strategic national and international partners.
The image below shows the Here East Structural Engineering test facility, which is of 1,200 kN load capacity.Ìý This has been developed by Dr Wendel Sebastian (w.sebastian@ucl.ac.uk)Ìýfor static, dynamic and fatigue testing of large-scale, low-carbon structures. Examples include bridges made of advanced composite materials, timber-concrete composite floors, and also building floors made of cement-free concrete slabs connected to steel beams.
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