Facilities in the Mechanical Testing Lab

The following are the departmental and central facilities available for mechanical testing:

No.	Equipment	Nature of tests	Specs	Contact
Universal Testing Machines
1	Dartec Servo-hydraulic UTM	Compression, Tension	Max Load(KN):100 Strain rate(/sec):10^-4 to 10 Temperature (^oC) <1000	Mr. S. Sasidhara
2	Instron 8032 Servo-hydraulic UTM	Tension, Compression, Bending, Fracture, Low Cycle Fatigue	Max Load(KN): 100 Strain rate(/sec):10^-3 to 10^-1	Mr. S. Sasidhara
3	Instron 8502 Servo-hydraulic UTM	Stress Corrosion Studies	Max Load(KN): 100 Strain rate(/sec):10^-3 to 10^-1	Mr. S. Sasidhara
4	Zwick/Roell Screw driven UTM	Tension, Compression, Bending	Max Load(KN): 100 Crosshead speed(mm/min):0.0005 to 200 Temperature (^oC) <300^oC	Mr. S. Sasidhara
5	Instron 5567 Screw driven UTM	Tension, Compression	Max Load(KN):30 Cross head speed(mu/sec):0.1 to 500 Temperature (^oC) <600^oC	Prof. A.H. Chokshi
Impact and high strain rate testing machines
6	Split-Hopkinson Pressure Bar (SHPB) apparatus	High strain rate Compression	Max Load (KN):20 Strain rate(/sec):1000 to 4000 Temperature (^oC)<600	Prof. S. Karthikeyan
7	Instron Dynatup 8250 Impact tester	Instrumented Drop Weight Test	Velocity (m/sec): 0.61 to 4.8 Energy(Joules): 0.67 to 302 Weight(kg): 2.5, 4.5,11.3,22.7, 34, 45.3 Data Acquisition: Instron 930-I	Mr. V. Rajakumaran
8	Tinius-Olsen Model T 84 Pendulum Impact tester	Instrumented Charpy and Izod Impact Test	Velocity(m/sec): 0.1 to 5.1 Energy(Joules): 0.2 to 359 Data Acquisition: Instron 930-I	Mr. V. Rajakumaran
Macro and Micro hardness testing machines
9	Indentec Macro hardness tester	Vickers, Brinell, Rockwell hardness	Load Range(kgf) Vickers: 3, 5, 10, 100 Brinell: 5, 10, 62.5, 187.5 Rockwell: 60, 100, 150 Holding time(sec): 1 to 60	Mr. V. Rajakumaran
10	Zwick/Roell ZHV microhardness tester	Vickers microhardness	Load Range(kgf): 3, 5, 10, 100 Holding time(sec): 5 to 60 Objective lenses: 10x, 40x	Mr. V. Rajakumaran

For availability of different equipment for usage, please contact the respective contacts,
while ccing Prof. S. Karthikeyan. Kindly provide details on the type of test, material to be tested,
number of samples and your affiliation.

Members of the facility:

Faculty: A.H. Chokshi (Facility Incharge), Prof S. Karthikeyan, Prof. Subodh Kumar,
Prof Satyam Suwas and Prof. U. Ramamurty

Staff: Mr. S. Sasidhara and Mr. V. Rajakumaran

The department also has facilities for Instrumented Indentation, Dynamic Mechanical Analysis (DMA)
and Thin Film Stress measurement.