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Facilities/Equipment

World-class structural experiment infrastructure with large-scale facilities capable of 80m bridge girder testing, 12m building structure testing, and 20,000kN compression testing, along with advanced hydraulic loading and control systems.

Experimental Facility

Experiment Facility Layout Status Experiment Facility
Layout Status

The “Structural Materials Testing Building” and the “Construction Infrastructure Research Building” are located within approximately 100 meters of the Hybrid Structural Testing Center.

Hybrid Structural
Testing Center
Test subject
fabrication/storage space
Structural Materials
Testing Building
Construction Infrastructure
Research Building
Soil and Ground
Testing Building
Civil and Environmental
Engineering Building
Hydraulic Model
Practice Building

Experimental specimen fabrication and import/export Experimental specimen
fabrication and
import/export

Full-scale test specimen fabrication and import/export possible (maximum length 80m)

Current Status of the Hybrid Structural Testing Center Current Status of the
Hybrid Structural Testing Center

Current Status of the Hybrid Structural Testing Center
20MN UTM Experiment Building
Large-scale Structural Testing Building
20MN UTM Experiment Building
Large-scale Structural Testing Building

20MN UTM Experiment Building

ItemFacility size
Architectural Overview - Scale1st Floor
Building Area398m²
Strong FloorMain Strong Floor: 5.5m(W) x 15.0m(L)
Crane200kN O.H.C 1EA
Main Entrance4.8m(W)×10m(H)

Large-scale Structural Testing Building

ItemFacility size
Architectural Overview - Scale1 basement floor, 3 Floors above Ground
Building Area1,678m²
Strong FloorMain Strong Floor: 12.8m(W) x 48.9m(L)
Outdoor Extended Strong Floor : 6m×6m×3ea
Strong WallSolid type [24+8]m(L)×[12+9+6]m(H)
Multi-direction System
Crane300+100kN O.H.C 1EA
300kN O.H.C 1EA
Main Entrance10m(W)×12m(H)

Strong Floor / Strong Wall Strong Floor
Strong Wall

· Design strength of reaction frames/reaction walls: 5,000 kN/m²
· Hole spacing of reaction frames/reaction walls: 500 mm
· Structural testing of specimens up to 12 m in height is possible
· Structural testing of specimens up to 80 m in length is possible
· 3-axis 6-degrees-of-freedom structural testing is possible
· Real-time hybrid structural testing is possible

Strong Floor / Strong Wall