Equipment and facilities
State-of-the art experimental equipment is available in the research laboratories of A&M. It mostly includes several testing facilities...
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- A large subsonic wind tunnel (Mach < 0.15, for multi-disciplinary applications, from aeronautics to wind engineering)
- Roller bench and engine bench
- Force and pressure measurement, human motion analysis, measurement of muscle activity, heart rate, and energy consumption, sport equipment
- Materials testing machine
- Material characterization (thermal properties, microstructure and tribology)
- Vibration testing of mechanical structures
- High-speed microscopic imaging
- Robotic arms
- Robotics and Automation
- Thermodynamic benches
- Climatic rooms
- Hot air generator (500 kW/450°C)
- Facilities for testing heat exchangers, compressors, expanders, heat pumps, boilers, mobile air conditioning equipments and ORCs
In addition, A&M has both expertise and equipment required for several fabrication processes:
- Multimaterial 3D printing
- Thin film deposition (Physical Vapor Deposition and sputtering)
- Semi-solid metal casting
- Soft lithography
- Machine shop