TESTING AND TRIALLING FACILITIES

University of Southampton

Large Structures Testing Laboratory (LSTL)

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Capability Statement

The largest facility in the NIL is the Large Structures and Testing Laboratory, a 30 x 15 m strongfloor, which hosts single and double-storey facilities for testing structures, components and materials at a range of scales. Through parallel EPSRC funding, the LSTL hosts data-rich structural testing, using multi-axis actuation and advanced image analysis techniques to detect system behaviour

Capability – Systems

Track; ballast; sleepers; sub-base

Capability – Testing

Component and materials testing

Location key contacts

Name: Rod Anderson
Email: railresearch@soton.ac.uk

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