Laboratory Equipment & Services Information System by Centralized Laboratory Management Office (CeLMO)

A bench mounted base supports a variety of curved bars in the form of a ring, semi-circle or quadrant/davit. Loads are applied by specially designed weight hangers so that the specimen bends. Horizontal and vertical deflections are measured by dial gauges rigidly attached to the base and surrounding pillars.

The theoretical deflections of curved shapes are most easily found by applying strain energy ideas, such as Castigliano's first theorem.

The use of two dial gauges placed perpendicularly to each other makes it possible to determine the displacements produced in both directions, up to a maximum range of 10 mm. The load is applied when hanging a set of weights in the application point. A set of weights in supplied with the unit.