Structures Lab
The Structures Lab has a Reaction wall and strong floor (RWSF) with an 8 meter high ceiling, 20 ton Overhead crane and a Personnel Lift.
It is equipped with a state of the art actuator system composed of the following:
- Two latest generation Bosch hydraulic actuators with up to 1200 KN capacity and maximum frequency of up to 10 Hz
- Hydraulic power unit including High Precision servovalves, shutoff valves and accumulators
- Backlash free Swivel Heads for specimen and base mounting
- 4 axis high speed Servo controller
- Cooling System
- High Accuracy/High speed Integrated Control and Data Acquisition system having 16 strain and 16 voltage channels expandable up to 1000 channels
- High Precision Load cells
- Pin-joint support accessories
- 500 KN Hydraulic Jack kit
Two dimensional Seismic simulations on Full-scale specimen are possible in this lab which makes it unique in its capabilities not only in Lebanon but in the region as well.
Videos
short overview video of CIE labs
Structures Lab Video
Hours of operation:
8:00-16:30
Summer 7:30-14:30
Location:
Engineering Laboratories and Research Center, Room 2104
Supervisor:
George Chaccour
Ext. 2111
george.chaccour@lau.edu.lb
Lead Technician:
Salwa Salloum Najjar
Ext. 2734
salwa.najjar@lau.edu.lb
