Heavy Structures Lab

Structural Engineering Laboratories

Department of Civil Engineering

Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad

Heavy Structures Laboratories

IITH CE Heavy Structures Laboratories provides facilities to conduct conventional tests using the lab’s uniquely large strong floor, reaction walls and variety of actuators and modern instrumentation devices and sensors. The facilities are capable of inducing forces ranging from few newtons to thousands of kilonewtons & measure deformations ranging from a few thousandth of an mm to hundreds of mm.

Our laboratory includes 10m×10m, 8m×5.7m & 7m×3m, Concrete Strong Floors and 4.5m×3.5m×1m (2 Nos.) & 5.7m×3.5m×1m Reaction Walls, to which the reaction frames, actuators, and specimens can be securely fastened during the tests.

Overhead gantry cranes of 10 Ton, 3 Ton & 2 Ton Capacities complement each of our laboratory.

MTS landmark servo hydraulic test system along with Environmental Chamber

(-200 degrees to 600 degrees Fahrenheit)

High cycle fatigue test
Low cycle fatigue test
Environmental testing
Tension test
Compression test
Bending test

Microtest 500kN Fatigue Testing Machine

Fatigue Testing Machine, ±500kN capacity, capable of fatigue testing of specimen made of cement materials and cement-based structural components, Composite materials and composite-based structural components, reinforced concrete, masonry and steel sections

100 mm Diameter Split-Hopkinson Pressure Bar

Investigation of the behavior of specimens under high strain rate loading.
Evaluation of the influence of strain rate on the compressive strength of specimens.

CONTROLS Flexural Testing Machine(300kN)

CONTROLS Compression Testing Machine(5000kN)

Three-point & Four-point bend tests & shear tests.
Compression Tests for cubes up to 300 mm and cylinders up to diameter 250 mm.
Splitting Tensile strength of concrete.

MTS Pseudo Dynamic Test System

Hydraulic Actuators having dynamic force capacities of 1000kN & 250kN.
Testing Speed Ranges from 0.005mm/min to 500mm/min.

Two Hydraulic Actuators having dynamic force capacities of 500kN.
Testing Speed Ranges from 0.005mm/min to 500mm/min.

Hydraulic Actuators having dynamic force capacities of 250kN & 100kN.
Testing Speed Ranges from 0.005mm/min to 500mm/min.

Microtest 3000kN Compression Testing Machine

Servo-hydraulic Computer Controlled Compression Testing Machine with a vertical testing clearance of 2000mm.

FINE SPAVY 2000kN Computer Controlled Servo Universal Testing Machine

UTM has wide range of applications test applications.

Different types of materials can be tested for a variety of tests like Tension, Compression, Shear, etc.

Instron 30kN Universal Testing Machine

Table Mounted Materials Testing System with testing speed range from 0.005 mm/min to 500mm/min.

HBM QuantumX: The Universal & Distributable Data Acquisition System

The QuantumX data acquisition system (DAQ) is highly precise, universal, and reliable data acquisition system. QuantumX can be combined perfectly with HBM's sensors and the Catman software to have a complete measurement and testing solution.