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Didactic Lab supplies structural engineering lab equipment for studying bending, shear, buckling and frame behaviour. The range includes an Unsymmetrical Bending Apparatus with a cantilever angle and 25 mm travel dial gauge, load cell based experiments for suspension bridges, pin-jointed trusses, struts and shear force, and a portal frame apparatus for studying plastic collapse.

Last updated: October 2026

Structural Engineering Lab Equipment at a glance

Group	Items listed	Examples
Beam bending and shear	2	Unsymmetrical Bending Apparatus (80cm cantilever angle), Shear Force in a Beam Apparatus (simply supported beam cut by a pivot)
Frames and trusses	2	Pin Join Truss Apparatus Data Acquisition (strain gauge on each member), Portal Frame Apparatus with Data Acquisition (two long-travel digital deflection indicators)
Bridges and columns	2	Simple Suspension Bridge Experiment (load cell measures cable tension), Behavior of Column and Struts Apparatus (five sizes of aluminium strut)

How to choose

For deflection of an angle section, the Unsymmetrical Bending Apparatus loads the free end of a cantilever and measures horizontal and vertical deflection with a 25 mm travel dial gauge, and comes with a supporting stand and a set of weights.
For internal forces, the Shear Force in a Beam Apparatus reacts the force across the cut onto a load cell, while the Pin Join Truss Apparatus Data Acquisition has a strain gauge on each stainless-steel member so students can calculate member forces.
For stability and collapse, the Behavior of Column and Struts Apparatus compresses aluminium struts with a screw mechanism up to the critical buckling load, and the Portal Frame Apparatus with Data Acquisition loads a portal frame to plastic collapse.
The suspension bridge, truss, shear force and portal frame apparatus fit a Structures Test Frame and read loads through a Digital Force Display; packs of 12 extra specimen portal frames are available separately.

Frequently asked questions

How is cable tension measured on the Simple Suspension Bridge Experiment?

Masses on weight hangers load a rigid deck joined to a parabolic cable via hangers. The cable passes over pulleys at each end; one end is fixed and the other bears on a load cell, which shows cable tension when connected to a Digital Force Display.

What does the Behavior of Column and Struts Apparatus include?

Chucks to hold the struts with different end fixing conditions, an integral load cell, a screw mechanism for compression, a magnetic deflection scale, strut storage space and five different sizes of aluminium strut.

How are loads applied in the Pin Join Truss Apparatus Data Acquisition?

A load cell applies loads to the framework at various angles, with extra load cells available for simultaneous loads. The framework sits on a pivoting support and a pivoting and rolling support, and a digital deflection indicator measures deflection.