About Us
Advanced Materials Laboratory (AML) at CSIR – Structural Engineering Research Centre has been working to develop new and innovative construction materials indigenously. Ever since its establishment in 1981, from time to time it has been involved in development of new materials, testing of special structures, non destructive testing of concrete structures, developing schemes for retrofitting of distressed structures. Some of the special concretes pioneered at AML are High Performance Concrete, Polymer Concrete, Self Compacting Concrete, High Density Concrete, Ultra High Performance Concrete, Geopolymer Concrete etc.
Major Facilities:
3000 kN Servo Hydraulic Compression Testing Machine
250 kN servo Hydraulic Loading Frame
2500kN Servo Hydraulic UTM
1000 kN UTM and High Speed Mixer
Carbonation Chamber Temperature
Temperature & Humidity Controlled Chambers
Walk in Steam Curing Chamber
Water penetration apparatus
RCPT Apparatus
