DefleX

A small bench-mounting hydraulic tensile testing machine/hardness tester with electronic digital readouts and digital data capture.

A versatile test machine, that with optional ancillaries, allows a range of destructive and non destructive material tests to be completed.

A laboratory-scale hand driven bench top tensile testing machine, 20kN capacity.

A bench mounted beam apparatus to allow students to investigate the deflections and reactions in simply supported and cantilevered beams.

A bench-mounted machine that demonstrates the phenomenon of creep under different conditions and in different materials.

Tests extension springs to find their properties. Proves Hooke's law and the basic rules of spring design.

Experiment for the study of beam deflection under different loads and fixing conditions, and the demonstration of Young’s modulus. Mounts on the Structures platform and connects to the Structures automatic data acquisition unit and software.

Experiment for the study of the characteristics of a two-pinned arch under various load conditions. Mounts on the Structures platform and connects to the Structures automatic data acquisition unit and software.

Experiment for the study of the characteristics of a fixed arch under various load conditions. Mounts on the Structures platform and connects to the Structures automatic data acquisition unit and software.

Experiment for investigations into two common curved structures and two common davit structures. Mounts on the Structures platform and connects to the Structures automatic data acquisition unit and software.

Experiment for the study of plastic theory and limit state design of beams. Mounts on the Structures platform and connects to the Structures automatic data acquisition unit and software.

Experiment for the study of plastic theory and limit state design in portal frames. Mounts on the Structures platform and connects to the Structures automatic data acquisition unit and software.

Experiment for the study of rectangular portals subjected to vertical loads. Mounts on the Structures platform and connects to Structures automatic data acquisition unit and software.

Experiment for the study of the characteristics of a simple suspension bridge. Mounts on the Structures platform and connects to Structures automatic data acquisition unit and software.

A bench mounting 3-point bend apparatus to allow investigations into the stiffness in bending of different materials of the same cross-section (Young's Modulus - Stiffness) and the stiffness of a single material with different cross-section geometries (Second Moment of Area - 'I' Value).

Allows Students to investigate the free and forced vibration of a rigid beam and spring, and a simply supported beam.

An experimental apparatus that shows students the oscillatory motion of a mass-spring system in terms of both displacement and acceleration.

An experimental apparatus that allows students to investigate the oscillatory motion of a disc attached to a slender rod.

An experimental apparatus that allows students to use fundamental theory and Rayleigh’s approximation to calculate the frequency of oscillation of a cantilever.

An experimental apparatus that allows students to investigate the oscillatory motion of a rigid beam, pivoted at one end and suspended by a spring at the other.

8mm Lenses with a minimal focusing distance of 100mm.

8mm Lenses with a minimal focusing distance of 100mm.

8mm Lenses with a minimal focusing distance of 100mm.

8mm Lenses with a minimal focusing distance of 100mm.

8mm Lenses with a minimal focusing distance of 100mm.

8mm Lenses with a minimal focusing distance of 100mm.

8mm Lenses with a minimal focusing distance of 100mm.

8mm Lenses with a minimal focusing distance of 100mm.

8mm Lenses with a minimal focusing distance of 100mm.

Digital image correlation (DIC) system designed to enhance the student learning experience, for real-time and post-process measurement and visualisation of deformations, strains and displacements in materials and shapes. Complements the teaching equipment.