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Mechanical Testing, Structures, and Civil Engineering Laboratory (LEMSC)

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     Test floor (200 m²)     Optical measurements of displacement fields (digital image correlation)     Optical measurements of displacement fields (digital image correlation)     MTS BIONIX 25kN hydraulic machine     Strain gauge technique

Technical and scientific expertise

  • Characterisation of materials and structural elements
  • Design of special tests on the test floor (20x10 ~200 m²)
  • Measurement campaigns carried out by UCLouvain staff
  • Supervised access to characterisation infrastructure/equipment

Main equipment

  • Test floor with gantries and modular anchors
  • Seven hydraulic machines
  • Five static machines
  • Servo-hydraulic cylinders
  • Numerous sensors (displacements, accelerometers, load cells, etc.)
  • Cameras (digital imaging)
  • Ovens, furnaces
  • Hydraulic channels

Get an overview of the platform’s facilities via a virtual tour.

Applications

  • Mechanical tests on various materials (metal, composites for aeronautics, wood, prestressing, neoprene supports, relaxation, corrosion, geomaterials, etc.)
  • Tests on structures (railway equipment, mixed beams, wood-frame panels, reinforced concrete walls, etc.)
  • Hydraulic tests (sedimentation)

Services available to

  • UCLouvain students and researchers: mechanical test development assistance
  • Non-UCLouvain: offers of accredited standard tests and customised tests

  • 16 September 2024
    Offshore wind turbines: CREDEM and LEMSC provide support for installation studies
    A mini vibro-driving device under 50 times Earth's gravity to study the installation of offshore wind turbines As part of the European energy transition, offshore wind power is experiencing rapid gro
  • 13 June 2023
    A hammock suspended above the water and at maximum distance from the bank: the LEMSC hosts the STRUCTURE CHALLENGE
    Calculating, building and testing a support structure for a suspended hammock...
  • 16 March 2023
    Innovate in your company with the technology platforms of UCLouvain
    Boost innovation in your company with the technology platforms of UCLouvain Did you know? Technology platforms give you access to expertise, equipment and infrastructures at the cutting edge of tec
  • 14 February 2023
    What if we built floors out of logs?
    Martin Steinmetz and Justin Goosse, researchers at UCLouvain, built at the Mechanical Testing, Structures and Civil Engineering Laboratory (LEMSC) a timber floor with birch trunks provided by the fore
  • 10 February 2023
    LEMSC : a prototype footbridge built with tensegrity
    In tensegrity structures, compressed bars appear to float within tensioned cables.
  • 10 February 2023
    Open Educational Resources : CREDEM, LACaMi and LEMSC are actively involved !
    In addition to Research and Service to society, technology platforms are playing an important role in the education of students interested in "STEM - Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics",
  • 23 September 2022
    Earthquake engineering with a twist: the torsional capacity of reinforced concrete walls
    Reinforced concrete (RC) core walls are embedded in millions of buildings internationally and provide the resistance from wind and earthquakes. These structural elements have the potential to bend