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Equipment

The Research Group has at its disposal the equipment belonging to Carlos III University of Madrid's Department of Continuous Media ans Structural Theory to which the group members have contributed.

The equipment we have available is the Mechanical Characterisation Laboratory (LabMec), whose aim is to provide service to industry in those fields that require knowledge of the mechanical properties of any kind of material at different deformation speeds and temperatures, especially in dynamic conditions. It has a wide range of equipment and highly qualified personnel.

Currently the technical director is José Antonio Loya Lorenzo, member of our Research Group, and it belongs to the Public Research Organism Laboratory Network (RedLab) of the Madrid Autonomous Region (C.A.M.).

Our Group also has a Numerical Simulation Laboratory, equipped with work stations and commercial codes that are suitable for numerical simulation of mechanical behaviour and structural components.

1. Mechanical Characterisation Laboratory (LabMec)

The Mechanical Characterisation Laboratory not only focuses on mechanical characterisation testing of materials, but also on testing small-sized, simple structural elements. LabMecWebsite

It has a qide range of equipment that allows very diverse tests to be carried out, depending on each on the characteristics of each test.

The LabMec has the following equipment and devices:

STATIC EQUIPMENT

Equipos Estaticos

  • INSTRON 8802 universal servo-hydraulic machine with 250 kN capacity
  • INSTRON 8516 universal servo-hydraulic machine with 100 kN capacity
  • SERVOSIS universal servo-hydraulic machine with 1000 kN capacity
  • SERVOSIS universal servo-hydraulic machine with 10 kN capacity
  • SERVOSIS universal electromechanical machine with 100 kN capacity
  • SERVOSIS universal servo-hydraulic machine with 250 kN capacity

DYNAMIC EQUIPMENT

Equipos dinámicos

  • INSTRON VHS UNIVERSAL VERY HIGH SPEED TESTING MACHINE
  • MICROTEST Hopkinson compression bar
  • MICROTEST Hopkinson traction bar
  • SABRE BALLISTIC gas cannon with a maximum velocity of 700 m/s
  • CEAST  Charpy 300 J pendulum
  • Charpy CEAST 50 J pendulum
  • CEAST Fractovis falling weight tower

NON-DESTRUCTIVE INSPECTION EQUIPMENT

Equipos de inspección no destructiva

  • TECNITEST C-Scan ultrasound equipment
  • MAGNAFLUX non-destructive inspection equipment for liquid penetrants
  • NIKON profile projector
  • MAGNAFLUX non-destructive inspection equipment for magnetic particles

OTHER DEVICES

Otros dispositivos

  • 4 PCO COMPUTERS ultra high speed photographic cameras
  • PHOTRON high speed digital filming system
  • SERVOSIS rotating flexion machine
  • SERVOSIS resonance cracking equipment
  • MICROTEST cryonegic chamber
  • STRAINSMART extensometer signal conditioning equipment
  • INSTRON climate chamber, from -150ºC to 350ºC
  • SERVOSIS climate chamber, from -70ºC to 300ºC
  • SERVOSIS oven, up to 1000ºC
  • INSTRON oven, up to 1100ºC

2. Numerical Simulation Laboratory

Laboratorio de simulacion numerica

Our Group has a Numerical Simulation Laboratory capable of tackling a wide variety of numerical problems of interest to industry, from simple static problems to dynamic problems of impact, fracture and fatigue, and so on.

COMMERCIAL CODES

  • Abaqus
  • Autodyn 2D
  • ANSYS
  • Cosmos

WORK STATIONS

  • 1 Sun Blade 1000 work station: 1 Ultrasparc processor, 64 bits at 1050 MHz, 1 GB RAM and 36 GB Hard Disk.
  • 2 Supermicro work stations: 2 Intel Xeon processors at 2.4 GHz, 3 GB RAM and 240 GB Hard Disk.
  • 1 Intel Tiger work station: 2  Intel Itanium2 processors at 1.3 GHz, 4 GB RAM and 146 GB Hard Disk

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