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Laboratory of Rock Mechanics

Division of Mining Technology

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Infrastructure

• Laboratory core drilling machine.
• Laboratory rock sample cutting machine.
• Laboratory rock sample grinder.
• Stiff loading frame by MTS with a capacity of 160 ton or 1600kN in compression.
• Sphearically seated loading platens.
• Electronic microconsole for test control (displacement and load control testing).
• Strain gage and extensometer subsystems.
• External Load cell by Maywood.
• Integrated system of digital data recording with a 16bit resolution connected to all testing systems for real time data acquisition and processing.
• Loading frame with a capacity of 50kN in compression by Triscan.
• Triaxial loading cylinder with a maximum lateral pressure of 14MPa by Wykeham Farrance.