Design and hands-on execution of physical experiments, interpretation of measurements, comparison with computed results and assessment of imperfections and potential design flaws for specific laboratory tests in the field of structural mechanics.
The actual experiments considered depend on the current focus of the research unit and may be of an academic or applied nature.
For a given problem of structural mechanics, the students are tasked with the development of a design-concept for a physical experiment.
These concepts are evaluated and refined against the available test rigs in the laboratory.
Experiments and data acquisition are carried out in a series of supervised and unsupervised laboratory sessions.
In the laboratory report, the experimental investigation is summarised and contrasted with a computational reference solution.
