Construction Materials and Dynamics Laboratory

The Construction Materials and Dynamics Laboratory supports a broad range of instructional and research experiments. The laboratory is divided into two main sections, namely:

• Construction and Building Materials
• Dynamics

The Construction and Building Materials section includes a 3000 kN compression testing machine and a 250 kN bending/shear frame, both operated via modern computerized controllers. The laboratory provides concrete preparation equipment, including mixers, sieves, molds, and curing tank. A highrate data acquisition system integrates with sensors such as a 1000 kN load cell, highaccuracy laser displacement sensors, accelerometers, and strain gauges. An ultrasonic tester enables nondestructive evaluation of concrete properties. These instruments are complemented by fixtures and auxiliary equipment for testing concrete, steel, and composite materials.

List of the section’s main Equipment:

• Compression Testing Machine for (up to 3000kN)
• Shear and bending Test apparatus (up to 250kN)
• Assembly for Flexural testing of beams
• Split Cylinder Platen Assembly
• Concrete Ultrasound Testing (Pundit)
• Load Cell 1000 kN
• Data acquisition system with strain gauges, displacement gauges and loading gauges
• Slump test apparatus
• Vicat test apparatus
• Laboratory oven designed for thermal treatment of various materials up to 300° C.
• Vibration Table
• Curing tank
• Pycnometer
• Electrical concrete mixing machine with tilting drum
• Cube, Cylindrical and beam molds for concrete
• Sieves of various diameters with shaker
• Digital Scales
• Thermometers, Stopwatches, Air compressor, Hand lift, Wheelbarrow