The University of Florida Department Of Civil Engineering Concrete Materials Research Laboratories has a fully equipped materials testing laboratory dedicated to the research of infrastructural materials.

Major Equipment List

• Universal Testing Machines:
  • 30 KIP
  • 60 KIP
  • 220 KIP
  • 400 KIP
• Environmental chamber – controlled humidity/temperature to a high-degree of accuracy
• Concrete mixing laboratory
• Laser particle size analyzer
• Scanning electron microscopy with energy dispersive X-Ray (SEM/EDS)
• X-Ray diffraction (XRD)
• X-Ray fluorescence (XRF)
• Isothermal conduction calorimetry
• Automated non-destructive testing scanning system (ANTARES) equipped with:
  • Shear wave ultrasonic pulse velocity (UPV)
  • Ground penetrating radar (GPR)
  • Covermeter
  • Laser Profolimeter
• Nondestructive testing equipment – rebound hammer, Windsor probe)
• Coarse and fine aggregate sieves
• Length Change – high accuracy length comparator and molds
• Durability Testing – Surface resistivity, water permeability, accelerated testing methods
• Field Instrumentation – Thermocouples, strain gauges, remote data logging