Mechanics, Materials and Design occupies teaching and research laboratories with a total floor area of approximately 2500m2. Facilities range from those for testing the dynamics of heavy goods vehicles to those for micro-electromechanical systems and cellular biomechanics. Resources and equipment within the Division include:
Applied Mechanics & Materials:
The materials testing and characterisation laboratories have been refitted and upgraded to include:
- Zeiss Evo LS15 Scanning Electron Microscope
- Hysitron UBI nanoindenter
- PerkinElmer Spectrum 100 FTIR spectrometer with ATR
- X-TEC HMX X-ray machine
- Schenck 10KN Servo Hydraulic
- Instron 8872 25KN Servo Hydraulic
- Zygo Optical Profilometer
- Omicron 3-D co-ordinate measuring machine
- Talyrond
- High speed cameras
- Gas gun
- Ling Dynamics Shaker
- Oxford Instruments RT3000 with base station
- Extensive instrumentation, communication, data logging and control facilities for full scale vehicle testing.
- Volvo FH12 4x2 tractor unit with servo-hydraulic active roll-control system and extensive instrumentation
- Volvo FH12 6x2 tractor unit with extensive instrumentation
- 12.5m triaxle semitrailer with servo-hydraulic trailer steering and extensive instrumentation
- 15.65m triaxle longer semitrailer with servo-hydraulic trailer steering and extensive instrumentation
- 13.6m tandem-axle B-link trailer with servo-hydraulic trailer steering and hydraulic regenerative braking
- 12.5m triaxle tanker semitrailer with active roll control system and extensive instrumentation
The Bulk Superconductivity group facilities have been re-sited and include:
- LabSys evo-calorimetry system capable of DTA, TGA and DSC (1600)
- Cold Isostatic Press
- X-Ray Diffractometer
Biomechanics:
The new dedicated Bioengineering Laboratory to Class 2 biosafety standards, with full cell/tissue culture facilities and optical microscopy is nearing completion, equipment includes:
- Microplate Reader (FLUOstar OPTIMA)
- Instron (Biopuls 5544) upto 500N
- Humidified CO2 incubator