Test Lab

The lab is nowadays recognized as official laboratory by the Central Technical Service of the Superior Council of Public Works.

It has a great variety of technical machines, characterized by properly designed systems and advanced experimental equipment for performing: large-scale static and dynamic tests; bi-directional pseudo-dynamic tests; unconventional tests for the standardization of mechanical tests and characterization of innovative structural systems; tests on new technologies for seismic protection and isolation; tests on composites for the safety of transport infrastructures exposed to external actions; tests on nano-composites for aeronautical and industrial applications.

Through agreements with other public and private external laboratories, the Department has extended the types of possible experimental activities, as for example for fire tests.

Equipment

  • Rigid floor 200 mq and rigid floor 70 mq, independent
  • System of 2 asynchronous shaking tables 3x3 m2
  • Universal machine Italsigma: tests in traction, compression and cyclic; specimens h 0,5 - 4,0 m
  • Universal machine MTS810 tests in traction, compression and cyclic; specimens hmax 1,4 m
  • Steel contrast frame for bending tests with two, three and four points with large dimension specimens
  • Italsigma contrast wall: verical cantilever for bending tests on vertical elements of large dimensions