Laboratory for Tomography Analysis

The laboratory of KTH Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering has a high-resolution x-ray Computed Tomography CT NSI X5000 System with capability to scan specimens during mechanical testing (MTS Uniaxial Test System, up to 100 kN) under temperature-controlled settings (-20°C to 80°C). The CT system is a strategic research equipment for the Department, mostly used by KTH researchers from various Schools and by industry partners.

The CT system has been successfully utilized to perform advanced research on infrastructure materials such as concrete, asphalt, soils, and rocks; more specifically, for characterization of internal microstructure (up to 5 microns resolution), damage analysis, real-time investigations, time-lapse assessments, and image-based modelling, among other applications.

The lab's advanced instrument is the Tomograph. The tomograph (pdf 215 kB) (English)