Structures Laboratory of the Université de Sherbrooke (LabS)

Laboratory and equipments

The LabS platform includes, among other equipment:

• 2 laboratories (totaling 14,000 ft²);
• 3 reaction walls (7 m and 12 m);
• 40 hydraulic actuators (from 5 to 2,500 kN);
• 6 hydraulic presses (up to 12,000 kN);
• 1 seismic table;
• 2 MAST-type systems (6 DOF);
• Data acquisition systems, force and displacement sensors, and more.

Services

The facilities are accessible to the entire community (researchers, public institutions, private companies).

LabS supports you in carrying out medium- and large-scale projects such as:

• Destructive or non-destructive testing on structural components;
• In-situ dynamic characterization tests;
• Engineering and technical services for the preparation of laboratory tests.

Testing portfolio

Founded as a platform in 2019, LabS builds on a testing expertise that began in 1972.
Its staff has extensive experience in the following types of testing:

• Quasi-static destructive testing;
• Dynamic testing;
• Hybrid testing;
• Standardized material testing;
• Dynamic characterization of structures.