The Material Characterisation and Service Life Lab specialises in inorganic chemistry, materials science, structural engineering, timber and concrete.
LAB LEAD
Professor Vute Sirivivatnanon
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Equipment
- Climate chamber
- Large room kept at 38°C
- Concrete/mortar lab
- Automated concrete mixers
- Concrete grinder/Labotom 15 slicer
- 4MN concrete compression machine with flexural rig
- Concrete profile grinder
- Shrinkage room as per Australia standard AS1012.13-2015
- Durability lab
- Carbonation chamber
- Simultaneous TG/DSC Apparatus (STA 449 F5 Jupiter)
- Germann Rapid Chloride Permeability Test (PCPT) NT BUILD 492, ASTM C1760 ASTM C12202
- Eight channel Calorimeters ( CALMETRIX and TAM Air THERMOSTAT)
- Autoclave LVSA 50/70
- Thermoline humidity cabinets
- Material Properties and Characterisation
- UTM UH500kNXR- 50t capacity
- UTM AGX50 – 5t capacity
- UTM UH2000kNX – 200t capacity
- Digital Image Correlation system (DIC)
Capabilities
- Large climate chamber to accommodate small and large scale structural beams to 38 °C climate conditions.
- Develop composition mix and test early hydration characteristics of fresh cement paste and mortar.
- Develop mix proportions and preparations for concrete.
- Cure concrete and mortar samples in various conditions.
- Test fresh and hardened mortar, concrete properties and other materials.
- Monitor and assess durability of concrete and mortar samples exposed to various environmental conditions.
- Monitor short and long-term performance of materials and structures to assess effects of environmental conditions such as deflection, shrinkage and creep
- Assess tension, compression, bending and shear under static and low cycle fatigue across a range of materials.
- Strain and displacement testing facility.
