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 

Structures Lab Video