Material Testing Lab

Materials Testing Lab (BR 78)


Materials Testing Lab is utilized for ME 213 Mechanics of Materials Lab course. This is fundamentally a teaching lab, however, it is also used for research in the domain of mechanical characterization.

Detailed syllabus:        ME 213                            Lab Manual  


 Available Facilities                     


Hooke's Law Apparatus

Universal Testing Machine (Zwick -100 kN)

UTM Instron-3367 with climate chamber-30 kN

Universal Hardness Tester

Charpy Impact Tester (25 N-m)

Charpy Impact Tester (300 N-m)

Creep Testing Machine

Torsion and Deflection Testing Apparatus

Torsion Testing Machine Zwick TL 200

Loading and Buckling of struts

Curved Bar Apparatus

Unsymmetrical Cantilever Apparatus 

Electrical Resistance Strain Gauges