The Fatigue, Fracture and Mechanical Characterization Laboratory includes multiaxial, uniaxial and rotating bending machines with several environmental chambers. The Lab allows to characterize the fatigue and fracture behavior of different metallic materials spreading in a broad range of strategic topics related to the structural integrity of conventional and innovative materials.

Laboratory equipment

Universal testing machines:

• Zwick 250kN
• Multiaxial MTS 100kN and 2000 Nm
• MTS 50 kN
• Instron 100kN (Servohydr. with hydr. grips)
• Instron 50kN (Servohydr. with hydr. grips)
• Instron 40kN (Servohydr. with hydr. grips)
• MTS 5 kN

High frequency fatigue test machines

• Instron 10 kN
• Zwick Rotary Bending Machine

Temperature chambers

• Severn Thermal Solutions Chamber, -150°C to +600°C
• 2 pc. Instron model 3119 Chambers, -150°C to +400°C
• 1 pc. Zwick Chamber, -80°C to +850°C
• 2 pc. MTS Chambers, -150°C to +450°C