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Experimental Mechanics

CONTACT
Coordinates 43.29236346203756, 5.359133426541125
Contact name Laurent Sabatier
CIVIS Label No
Acronym MECAEXP-PTA
Scientific domain

PE11_13 - Metamaterials engineering - Materials Engineering


Keywords

Mechanical testings ; imaging ; kinematic field measurements ; aging tests; tribology


Partner institution

Aix-Marseille Université


Website No
Technical staff available No
Remote access details The facility is open to research actors of both the public and private sectors.
Remote access available No
Open to external users No
Equipment The services/tools MECAEXP provides include: -traction, compression, torsion and fatigue testing instruments (e.g., servohydraulic machines), -dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA), -structural testing machine, -3D imaging, -full-field measurements, -climate and aging chambers, -tribometer, -chemical preparation room.
Open access to updated information database No
Online booking system details Charte des Plateformes Technologiques Aix-Marseille (PTA): https://www.univ-amu.fr/system/files/2021-07/Charte%20PTF%20AMU%20M%C3%A0J21.docx.pdf
Online booking system available No
Description MECAEXP consists of instruments that allow mechanical characterization of materials and structures such as polymers, composite materials, and interfaces (e.g., friction, debounding, glueing).