Facilities and equipment
Facilities and equipment
The facilities and equipment directly managed and operated by the group include:
Structural and material testing facilities
Material characterisation facilities
Collaborations with colleagues within the University include:
- Materials Characterisation and Fabrication Platform
- Trace Analysis for Chemical, Earth and Environmental Sciences
- Geopolymer and Mineral Processing Group
Non-destructive testing facilities
- Pundit Lab - Ultrasonic Pulse Velocity (UPV) Testers
- The presence of voids, cracks or other internal imperfections or defects
- Changes in the concrete which may occur with time (ie: due to the cement hydration) or damage from fire, frost or chemical attack
- The strength or modulus of a material.
- Profometer (Advanced Concrete Cover Meter)
- Measure concrete cover and rebar diameters and the detection of rebar locations using the eddy current principle with pulse induction as the measuring method.
- Ground Penetrating Radar System (Hi-Bright)
- For structures which do not have detailed construction drawings.
- Assess the conditions of slab and bridge decks.
- Identify any voids in the structural member.
- Identify rebar and its condition and cover length, cracks and their extent, settlement, and moisture presence.
- Full imaging system for the interior of concrete
- Capable of void detection for flaws as small as 30 mm at 400 mm depth the MIRA can also measure slab thickness, test tile or panel bond, confirm grouting behind panels or in post tension ducts and is the only system that can measure cover in steel fibre reinforced concrete.
- Resipod Resistivity Meter
- Designed to measure the electrical resistivity of concrete in a completely non-destructive test. It is the most accurate instrument available, extremely fast and stable and packaged in a robust, waterproof housing designed to operate in a demanding site environment.
- CorroMap
- Use half-cell potential and galvapulse measurement with many user-friendly features.
- Offer reliable evaluation of reinforcement corrosion also in wet, carbonated or inhibitor treated concrete so that the half-cell potential and electrical resistance to the cover layer are give.
- Spectral Analysis of Surface Waves (SASW)
- Determination of pavement system profiles including the surface layer, base and subgrade materials.
- Determination of abutment depths of bridges.
- Condition assessment of concrete liners in tunnels, slabs, and other structural concrete members.
- Evaluation of alkali-silica, fire, fire, freeze-thaw and other cracking damage.
- ARAMIS - Optical 3D Deformation Analysis
- ARAMIS is a non-contact and material-independent measuring system based on digital image correlation.For statically or dynamically loaded specimens and components, ARAMIS provides accurately 3D coordinates, 3D displacements, velocities, accelerations and surface strain.