At the materials testing lab, they consider it every day. They test asphalts, concrete, and aggregates within the facility. Wayne Bartholomew, the VDOT lab supervisor, and his team test the different ...

For nearly 150 years, construction materials testing has been a manual effort. Whether in an engineering lab, a commercial lab, at cement/ready-mix manufacturers’ sites or in the field, specimens are ...

Scientists and engineers at Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory plan to speed up the process of designing, testing and optimizing new metal-alloy components for defense industry ...

Materials testing tests the accuracy and load capacity of materials in different environmental conditions. Materials testing is not only performed at research institutes, it also helps companies to ...

In order to measure the mechanical properties of materials in compression, tension, bending or torsion, a universal testing machine is utilized. This article outlines the two different types ...

WMC China teamed up with Instron to build a wind power material fatigue laboratory WMC China and Instron, the American major actor of the materials testing industry, jointly established an ...