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Heavy Structures Laboratory

School of Natural and Built Environment
Heavy Structures Laboratory

Areas of research

  • High performing structures
  • Impact resistant structures
  • Strengthening and repair of structures
  • Structural health monitoring
  • Advanced composites and novel structural materials
  • Ultra high performing concrete (UHPC)
  • Self-compacting concrete
  • Bio-based Building Materials
  • 3D printing of concrete

Consultancy work

Qubtest provides a way to arrange consultancy services for testing a wide variety of materials and structures to British and European standards. 

Contact: Dr Barry Rankin

  1. rankin@qub.ac.uk
  2. hester@qub.ac.uk

Facilities and equipment

  • Strong floor (12m by 5m)

  • Zwick universal testing machine 100 kN

    Test-area height 1m with video extensometer and option to use heated test chamber

  • Large Dartec electro-hydraulic loading frame 600 kN

    Test-area 5m x 1.8m

  • 3 tonne overhead crane

  • Drop test facility

    5m height - 9 to 40 kg mass

  • Environmental chambers for freeze/thaw testing, weathering tests

  • Carbonation chamber

  • Rheology facilities (2 Viscometers, portable vane, Mash cone, Forced bleeding, Plastic shrinkage cone)

  • Concrete workshop and mixing room

  • 3000kN cube crushing equipment

  • Curing and conditioning facilities

  • Measurements laboratory

  • Multi-channel, high frequency data acquisition systems 

  • Limpet pull-off equipment for in-situ testing of concrete strength

  • Small Dartec electro-hydraulic loading frame 160 kN

  • Avery Denison univ. testing machine 500 kN

    hydraulic valve control

  • Berry hydraulic press 4000 kN

    pore fluid expression from concrete samples and compression testing of high strength concrete  

Lab manager: David Hester

 

Drop Test Facility                                                            Drop Test Impact Zone

 

Environmental Chamber                                                  Large Dartec Hydraulic Loading Frame

 

Small Dartec Electro-Hydraulic Loading Frame                    Zwick Testing Zone

 

Zwick Universal Testing Machine                                        Heavy Structures Laboratory

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  • Stable Isotope Facility
  • Architecture studios
  • Radiocarbon dating
  • GIS and Geomatics
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  • Heavy Structures Laboratory
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