Technology Platform: DER Equipment

• Perrier single-acting hydraulic press:

  • Force capacity: 2,500 kN (250 metric tons)
  • Cylinder stroke: 50 mm
  • Test specimens: 16x32 cylinders, 11x22, or cubes for standardized concrete characterization testing
  • Output data: Young’s modulus, Poisson’s ratio (for cylinders only), load and displacement at failure, force-displacement or stress-strain curve

• Setting time test (Vicat)

  • Test specimens: on-site mortar
  • Output data: characterization of mortar setting rate
  • Note: Compliance with standard NF EN 196-3 is possible

• Triaxial test

  • Load capacity: 50 kN (5 metric tons)
  • Test specimens: all types of soil; test specimens 14 cm high and 7 cm in diameter
  • Output data: soil friction angle, cohesion, load, and displacement at failure
  • Notes:
    • Retrieval of all test data (load/displacement) in digital format
    • Capable of complying with NFP 94-070 and NFP 94-074 standards
    • Capable of performing consolidated or unconsolidated, drained or undrained tests with interstitial pressure measurement.

• Rectilinear shear test using the box method (Casagrande)

  • Load capacity: 3 kN (300 kg)
  • Test specimens: all types of soil. Rapid unconsolidated test or rapid or slow consolidated test.
  • Output data: angle of friction, cohesion
  • Note: Standardized test possible (NFP 94-071-1 and NFP 94-071-2)

• Oedometer test

  • Pressure capacity: 950 kPa (38 kg on a 7-cm-diameter test specimen)
  • Test specimens: all types of soil
  • Output data: [e, log(σ)] graph; consolidation coefficient (cv), compression index (cc), recompression index (cs)
  • Notes:
    • Standardized test available (XP P94-090-1)
    • Data retrievable in digital format (loads, displacements)

MTS Tensile-Compression-Bending Machine

• Name: MTS
• Load capacity: 500 kN (50 metric tons)
• Cylinder stroke: 150 mm
• Test specimens: specimens up to 1.60 m in length. Tensile, compression, and flexural testing on any material.
• Output data: Young’s modulus, load, and displacement at failure
• Notes:
  • The cylinder can be controlled based on any input parameter (strain measured by a strain gauge, temperature, etc.)
  • Static or dynamic tests (frequency 0.5 Hz over a 5 mm stroke)

Instron Tensile-Compression-Bending Machine

• Name: Instron
• Load capacity: 50 kN (5 metric tons)
• Actuator stroke: 1 m
• Test specimens: composite materials, wood, and mortar (4x4x16, 7x7x28, and others), beams up to 1 m in length under bending
• Output data: Young’s modulus, load and displacement at failure, stress-displacement curve
• Notes: Mechanically controlled via a sensor or crosshead based on load or displacement velocity; capable of performing tensile, compression, and flexural tests with deflection measurement.

Measurement of thermal conductivity coefficient

• Name: Lambda meter
• Test specimens: Square plate (26 cm per side) of the material to be tested
• Output data: Characterization of the thermal conductivity coefficient of the tested material, λ [W/m/K]

3- or 4-point bending (max. 4 m)

• Name: 3- or 4-point bending
• Load capacity: 240 kN (24 metric tons)
• Cylinder stroke: 200 mm
• Test specimens: beams up to 4 m in length (3.80 m between supports)
• Output data: Load and displacement at failure
• Notes:
  • Controlled loading with displacement (adjustable speed)
  • Data (loads/displacements) available in digital format

Slab Test (max. 3 m x 6 m)

• Name: Slab Test
• Load capacity: 500 kN (50 metric tons)
• Cylinder stroke: 20 cm
• Test specimens: slabs of various sizes (max. 3 m x 6 m)
• Output data: Load and displacement at failure
• Notes:
  • Linear supports on 2 or 4 sides.
  • Data (loads/displacements) can be retrieved in digital format.

Column buckling (max. 2 m)

• Name: Column Test
• Load capacity: 2,000 kN (200 metric tons)
• Cylinder stroke: 80 mm
• Test specimens: columns up to 2 m in length, any material
• Output data: Load and displacement at failure
• Notes: single-acting cylinder, compression testing only.

Custom Tests

Please feel free to contact us to discuss your specific needs so we can determine the test best suited to your problem