Laboratory of mechanical analysis and monitoring of materials and structures

 

The laboratory is capable of providing a wide range of analysis of mechanical properties of materials, including monitoring of materials and structures. State of the art equipment in the hands of professionals provides a large number of parameters for further use both in science and in industrial areas.

                                    MSc. Wei Zhang, Ph.D.
                                    zhang@itam.cas.cz
                                    +420 567 225 339

 

 

 

 

Physical laboratory is equipped with instruments to finding the granulometric composition of the material and dilatometer to determine the coefficient of thermal expansion.

Laser granulometer CILAS LD 1090

·         Measuring range 0.04 - 500 micron in the wet state

·         Measurement range 0.1 - 500 micron in the dry state

·         Microcell for measuring small quantities of samples

·         Evaluating software Size Expert

·         Testing grained materials (soils , building materials , etc ... )

 

 

·         High temperature furnace - temperature range from room temperature to 1400 ° C , saturation of the samples with water

·         Low-temperature oven - temperature range from - 60 ° C to 500 ° C , cooling with N2

·         Evaluation software Linseis

·         Determination of the coefficient of thermal expansion relative elongation, Δ L

·         Fixed and bulk materials

·         Evaluation software Linseis Thermal Analysis

·         Testing of building materials ( mortar , concrete, wood, metals)

 

 

·         Nanomechanical test of materials

·         Characterization surfactant - mechanical properties of materials on the nanoscale

·         Testing creation of nano cracks

·         Testing of building materials , composites, inorganic materials

·         Maximum dynamic force of 5 mN

·         Optical display surface of the material

 

 

 

 

Thermal expansion of waste glass
Effect of grinding on chemical analyses
Coal combustion byproducts analyses