Special Equipment and Instrumentation

  • Acoustic emission analysis system with multi-channel transient recorder and calibrated resonant, multi-resonant and broadband acoustic emission sensors for locating micro-fractures
  • Delamination detector to identify and characterize delamination and near surface damages in wood- based and fiber-reinforced materials
  • Eddy current: multi-frequency eddy current system for crack detection of metallic objects
  • Inductive/capacitive instruments for measuring the rebar cover as well as conduit and defect tracking
  • Infrared-­Thermography with a high resolution microbolometer camera and miniature camera; wide angle, macro and telephoto lenses, optically active excited Lockin-Thermography
  • Moisture analyzer for the determination of concrete, screed and wood moisture; microwave measurements
  • Network analyzer for calibration of measuring equipment and for ultrasound phase spectroscopy
  • Radar with a 1600 MHz antenna, measuring wheel and laser position marks for profile measurements
  • Radiographic training device with goniometer and different x-ray sources
  • Simulation algorithms for modeling the propagation of elastic or electromagnetic waves
  • Ultrasonic shear wave array with point-contact probes in transmission / reflection; tomography
  • Ultrasound-Phased-Array for reflection measurements
  • Videoendoscopy for visual inspection
  • Vibration analysis (multi-channel) with a modal analysis system, a modal analysis hammer and various broadband vibration sensors (1D, 3D); Seismometer; Laser Vibrometer with interchangeable lenses for non-contact vibration measurement
  • Wireless sensor nodes for wireless monitoring of structures (strain, temperature, vibration, humidity, etc.)