Structures Laboratory have been renewed and relocated from North Campus to Kandilli Campus

For more details of structural lab please visit:  https://structures.boun.edu.tr/

Loading Systems

• L-shaped reinforced concrete reaction wall, 20m x 30m x 12m
• 30m x 30m Rigid slab
• Steel loading frames
• Servo hydraulic loading system, power units, hydraulic manifold,
• Servo hydraulic pistons with load capacities of 1000kN and 250kN
• Hydraulic pistons
• Eccentric mass shaker

Measurement Systems

• 24-channel low frequency data acquisition unit
• 48-channel high frequency data acquisition unit
• LVDT type displacement transducers with various gauge lengths
• Potentiometer type displacement transducers
• 48 force-balanced uniaxial accelerometers
• Load cells with capacities of 50kN, 100kN, 500kN, and 1000kN

Ongoing Experimental Research

• Cyclic loading experiments under multi-axial loading conditions on large-scale reinforced concrete, steel, light steel, masonry, and wooden structural elements and systems
• Cyclic loading experiments on temporary housing systems (containers, etc.)
• Dynamic field measurements and structural health monitoring applications for masonry and stone structures, high-rise buildings, suspension bridges, viaducts, etc.
• Elevated slab tests