Facilities
The DynaMat Laboratory consist in 4 Modified Hopkinson Bars apparatus of 15 m in length for high strain-rate tests (1÷105 s-1) for:
- Metals (diameter 10 and 12 mm).
- Polymers (diameter 20 mm.
- Concretes and rocks (diameter 60 mm).
A new 3D Modified Hopinkson Bar apparatus of 4 MN capacity is under constructions. At the moment only 1D tests in compression can be performed.
Other facilities:
- 2 Hydro-Pneumatic Machine (1÷50 s-1).
- 2 universal machine for quasi-static tests.
- System of transient recorder (50 Msample/s).
- Contactless displacement recorder syste.
- Database of the materials behaviour in high strain-rate.
- Software for dynamic and impact structural assessment.
- High speed camera for fast recordings.
Contacts
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Laboratorio SUPSI DYNAMAT
Campus Mendrisio - Via Flora Ruchat-Roncati 15
CH-6850 Mendrisio
T +41 (0)58 666 63 77
dynamat@supsi.ch
www.supsi.ch/dynamat