Laboratory for Structural Engineering
Student assistants
We are currently looking for student assistants to help with research work and practical experiments.
Please contact Prof. Görtz, if you are interested in the position: stephan.goertz(at)haw-kiel.de.
Testing Technology
- Form+Test PP 1500 HK-2SH bending test machine for performing 3-point or 4-point bending tests up to 1500 kN
- ZwickRoell HC100 testing machine for dynamic component testing up to +/- 100 kN
- In conjunction with the Ship Strength Laboratory: Test stand for dynamic component testing up to +/- 200 kN
- Form+Test ZV 250 hydraulic hollow-bore cylinder for compression and tension tests up to +/- 250 kN
- Prestressing station for the production of prestressed components
Measurement Technology
- Gantner Q-brixx-XL Measurement Amplifier
- MESSOTRON WTG 20, WTH 20, and WTG 100 displacement transducers with nominal measuring ranges of ±10 mm and ±50 mm
- HBM C6B 500 kN force transducer
- Strain gauges
- GOM Aramis Adjustable Digital Image Correlation System for area-wide strain measurement
- LUNA OdiSI 6004 Distributed Fiber Optic Sensing System for quasi-continuous strain measurement
Numerical simulations:
- Dlubal RFEM 6 FEM software for practical analysis of structural systems
- Infograph FEM software for practical analysis of structural systems
- FEM software ATENA for fully nonlinear analysis of reinforced 3D concrete structures
- INCA 2 for cross-section design (see u-pfeifer.de)