Strain gauging and monitoring of structural components
Tensile, compression and impact testing
PhotoStress® Plus analysis kit from Vishay Precision Group – Micro-
Measurements for experimental stress analysis
Vibration and Acoustic Monitoring:
Vibration monitoring
Human and hand vibration exposure measurements
Machine diagnostics using vibration analysis tools
Sounds / Noise level monitoring
Run-up and run-down vibration testing of rotating machinery
Dynamic balancing of machines / rotary systems
Monitoring of ground borne vibrations
Order analysis
Modal analysis
INSTRON Tensile testing 150kN
INSTRON Tensile testing 100kN plus Oven
INSTRON Tensile testing 10kN plus Torsion
Dilatometer
3D Printer
Impact testing Machine
Hot Bonder
Heating mats
Composite -Vacuum pump and setup
Pocket UT NDT
Spinning Wheel plus Weaving bed
Welding X,Y Table Plotter
Computer facilities to run the following engineering software:
FEA – Finite Element Analysis – ANSYS Linear and non-linear structural analysis: predict behaviour of structural components for a wide range of materials and loadings (e.g. pressure vessels, biomechanics, modal analysis / vibration response etc.) Thermal and thermo-mechanical analysis: predict the thermal and structural response of components or thermally driven processes (e.g. welding, laser cutting/forming etc.)
CFD – Computational Fluid Dynamics Fluent - FLUENT / ANSYS Advanced aerodynamic and hydrodynamic analysis of components (e.g. wind turbine blades, offshore wind turbine support structures etc.)
Naval Architecture Simulation - Bentley Academic SELECT: to design, model, optimise and characterise hull forms to perform stability (intact/ damage) and strength calculations, analyse sea-keeping performance, resistance and powering prediction, sailing performance analysis for yachts to perform 3D modelling using linear, non-linear and buckling analysis, static and dynamic structural analysis on the ship hull and structure
MAXSURF Ultimate
Multiframe Advanced
SACS Marine Enterprise
SACS Offshore Structure Enterprise
MOSES Advanced
MATLAB/Simulink
WindPRO (EMD)
GT-POWER
LabView
The computer aided engineering laboratory was co-funded by the European Union through the European Regional Development Fund under the Cohesion Policy Programme 2007-2013
Wind tunnel testing, flow measurements using hot-wire anemometry, wind turbine performance and load evaluation.
Low wind speed wind tunnel 38 x 38 cm
Low wind speed wind tunnel 900 mm diameter
Wave tank testing
Wave making generator 8 m long and 750 mm wide and 1 m deep
Multi-channel hot wire anemometry
Fluid mechanics data acquisition systems
HighSpeed Camera FPS 4000
PIV Dantec
Wind turbine siting
Mitsubishi RV-8CRL 6-DOF revolute robot, 931mm reach, 7kg payload, with tracking capability, adjustable gripper, or vacuum gripper, and RT Toolbox 3 simulation software. Mounted on a highly reconfigurable table.
Mitsubishi RH-6FRH5534N-D 4-DOF SCARA robot, 550mm reach, 6kg payload, with tracking capability, adjustable gripper, or vacuum gripper, and RT Toolbox 3 simulation software.
Franka Emika Panda 7-DOF collaborative robot (cobot), 850mm reach, 3kg payload, with 2-jaw electric parallel gripper, and with research app bundle.
Machine vision systems: Two National Instruments ISC-1782 smart cameras, and two Cognex/DVT smart image sensors.
Machine vision lighting (ring light, strobe)
Pair of Virtual Motion Labs VMG30 data gloves.
Two flat belt conveyors (one with variable speed)
Other sundry equipment, components and tools.
Various robot hands and glove devices, built in house.
Semi-autonomous mobile domestic robot, on 3WD Omni 1006 platform, built inhouse.
Ackerman ROS2 mobile robot platform
Elephant Robotics myCobot 280-Pi 6-DOF Multi-functional Lightweight Robotic Arm
Laboratory experiments for thermodynamics and heat transfer
Testing of internal combustion engines
One electrical dynamometer, two water brakes and other smaller dynos
Demonstration type gas turbine
Testing of air conditioning setups, including variable speed (inverter)
