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The Mechanics of Solids laboratory is a facility dedicated to the structural testing and design of components and materials. 

There are three strands of activity: 

• Teaching experiments - predominantly undergraduate 
• Research - predominantly staff and postgraduates; and 
• Contract research, consulting and investigations for industry. 

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• Instron 3369 universal testing system with ±50 kN load capacity 
• Instron 8804 uniaxial servohydraulic dynamic testing system with maximum fatigue-rated capacity ±500 kN 
• Instron 8852 biaxial servohydraulic dynamic testing system with ±100 kN axial force capacity and ±1000 N.m torsion capacity 
• Instron 8872 uniaxial servohydraulic dynamic testing system with maximum fatigue-rated capacity ±25 kN 
• Hydraulic Mutiaxial Test Bed with 16-square-metre envelope and four 100 kN dynacells 
• Small scale ADMET eXpert 5951 dynamic testing system with fatigue-rated capacity ±4 kN  
• Instron CEAST 9350 Drop Tower high-energy and high-velocity impact test machine 
• 3D full field strain measuring equipment (ARAMIS) 
• Advanced video extensometer 
• Environmental chamber (-150 to 250 deg C) compatible with Instron testing systems 
• Industrial grade autoclave for composite material manufacture 
• Dynamic and quasistatic strength testing of materials 
• Fracture mechanics and fatigue crack growth testing of materials 
• Testing facility for composite materials 
• Strain gauging 
• Pressure testing 
• Finite element stress analysis 
• Structural design of components and capital equipment 
• Nanoindenter
• Nanotribometer
• Microtribometer
• High temperature tribometer (up to 1000 deg C)
• X-ray stress analyser and material property analyser (up to 1000 deg C)