LABORATORY OF BUILDING MATERIALS AND BUILDING PHYSICS

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LABORATORY OF BUILDING MATERIALS
AND BUILDING PHYSICS
Faculty of Engineering, Department of Architecture and Building Construction
HEAD OF LABORATORY
Dr. Viktor Molnár PhD
university associate professor
CONTACT
Address: H-9026 Győr, Egyetem tér 1.
Building: L 4/8
Telephone: +36 96 503-400/3195
+36 96 503-400/3394
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: http://eet.sze.hu
LABORATORY PROFILE
• Year of foundation: 1976
• Capacity (working hours/month): contact lessons 40-70 lessons/month, not fixed 100-130 lessons/month
• In the laboratory we do structure diagnostic examinations focusing on mechanical test (tensile and compressive strength), physical examinations (density, bulk density, water absoprtion, freeze-thaw resistance),
examinations of the physical characteristics of a building structural analysis (thermal conductivity and thermal transmittance/ U-Value, thermographic surveys)
• Technical Specifications: material science, building physics
• Services provided: material tests (physical, mechanical), tests on building physics (heat conductivity and
thermal transmittance, thermographic surveys)
• References:
○○ Laboratory tests of loam (PhD research paper, 1999-2005)
○○ Laboratory tests of insulation materials (PhD research paper, 2008-2012)
○○ Concrete tests on antifreezing (MABA Ltd., 2007-)
○○ Compressive strength tests of concrete (MABA Ltd., 2004-)
○○ Tensile tests of reinforcing steel (MÁV Co., 1976-)
Equipment and software of the laboratory
TAURUS TCA 300 THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY
MEASURING INSTRUMENT
• Year of purchase: 2008
• Used for determining thermal conductivity of insulation materials
• Technical Specifications: material science, building physics
• Provided services: building physical tests, thermal conductivity measurement
• References: building physical testings on insulation materials
(PhD research paper, 2008-2012)
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RESEARCH CAPACITIES AND EQUIPMENT
TESTO 882 THERMOCAMERA
• Year of purchase: 2009
• It takes high-resolution thermal images; detects the anomalies and
building physical weak points of buildings; it is also capable of detecting areas with danger of mould
• Technical Specifications: building physics
• Provided services: thermographic tests, making temperature maps
• References: thermographic scannings of detached houses (2009-)
SCHLEIBINGER FREEZE-THAW CHAMBER
• Year of purchase: 2007
• Cyclically programmable frost-thaw chamber, suitable for testing various building materials (especially different types of concrete) freeze-thaw resistance
• Technical Specifications: material science, building physics
• Services provided: freeze-thraw resistance test of concrete
• References: freeze-thraw resistance test of concrete (MABA Ltd., 2004-)
ADR 2000 CONCRETE
COMPRESSION TESTING MACHINE
• Year of purchase: 2004
• It is suitable for the compression of concrete test specimens up to maximum 2000 kN pressure (to determine compressive strength)
• Technical Specifications: material science
• Services provided: tests on the compressive strength of concrete
• References: tests on the compressive strength of concrete (MABA Ltd.,
2004-)
ZD 40 TENSION-COMPRESSION
TESTING MACHINE
• Year of purchase: 1976
• Suitable for tension-compression testing of different build-
ing materials (especially cement, gypsum, steel and wood)
up to maximum 4000 kN compressive or tensile force (determining compressive and tensile strength)
• Technical Specifications: material science
• Services provided: tests on compressive and tensile
strength of reinforcing steel and wood
• References: tensile tests of reinforcing steel (MAV Co., 1976-)
Faculty of Engineering, Department of Architecture and Building Construction Laboratory of Building Materials and Building Physics
RESEARCH CAPACITIES AND EQUIPMENT
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