Mechanical Characterization Lab

Equiped with state-of-the-art mechanical testing systems with both optical and conventional extensometry and in-situ imaging systems to analyze damage modes occuring during testing and the possibility of performing high temperature and environmental testing:

  • Multiple hardness testers: Brinell, Vickers, Knoop, etc.
  • Various universal testing machines: tensile, compressive, bending, torsional tests, etc.
  • Nanoscale mechanical testing platform: nanoindentation, nanoscratch, nanoimpact.
In situ image of a bending test performed on a coaxial ceramic/polymer scaffold

In situ image of a bending test performed on a coaxial ceramic/polymer scaffold