An expert system for optimal repair and management of reinforced concrete highway bridges
We aimed to develop an expert system to enable the optimisation of repairs and maintenance solutions for reinforced concrete highway bridges
Understanding the failure mechanisms of coatings on contaminated steel substrates
The project will determine the method by which coatings on contaminated surfaces fail through the development of protocols
DC Electrochemical Techniques
This encompasses a wide variety of techniques, including current or potential controlled polarisation tests, cyclic voltammetry, chronoamperometry and chronopotentiometry
Testing Services
We have a wide range of capabilities for testing concrete at the Materials and Engineering Research Institute
Life cycle asset management
An overview of our research into life cycle asset management
Arc brazing of stainless steel to stainless steel and galvanised mild steel
Arc brazing is a special brazing technique that uses an electric arc and a process known as short circuit transfer to join two materials
Localised Corrosion Techniques
Within the Centre for Corrosion Technology, facilities exist for conducting localised corrosion tests.
High Temperature Testing
Test equipment includes vacuum furnace, thermogravimetry analyser, DSC/DTA
Accelerated Environmental Corrosion Tests
MERI has facilities available for humidity testing and neutral salt spray testing to ASTM Standard B117
Liquid Metal Embrittlement in the Arc Brazing of Stainless Steel
A test for susceptibility to LME was devised whereby a flat specimen was held in a Creep Testing machine and loaded in tension using masses via a simple beam pivoted on a hardened knife edge