Our Advanced Structural Engineering (ASE) Laboratory holds a state-of-the-art engineering testing capabilities and equipment for research engineers, faculty, and graduate students as they work to solve the nation’s growing infrastructure issues.
The ASE Laboratory comprises of a strong floor area; a high-capacity loading frame with hydraulic and motorized facilities; facilities for the testing of steel, concrete and steel-concrete components; and other equipment and resources for materials characterization.
Our strong floor covers an area of 4.3 x 1.6 meters and allows researchers to simulate a wide range of loads with actions up to 200 tonnes and frames up to 5 meters high. The floor itself is steel-reinforced 1.2 meter thick concrete, with large bolts and anchors to which structural components and systems can be attached and their strength tested. It can be applied to small, medium and large scale specimens for research and applications in structural components and systems, beam column connections and other structures used in constructing buildings and infrastructure.
