# Development of a Solid Mechanics Laboratory to support Undergraduate and Postgraduate Engineering Courses

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON ENTERPRISE LIMITED](/buyers/university-of-wolverhampton-enterprise-limited/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: TecQuipment Limited
- Award value: £0
- Award date: 2 May 2017
- Published: 19 May 2017
- Contract start: 7 May 2017
- Contract end: 30 April 2018
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: goods
- Notice ID: bbfc5a57-8228-47f2-b466-39b688edf38b-148500
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-0158f6bb-6b3b-4567-8e8f-359a8af8841e

## Description

The following equipment provides an essential experimental resource in the area of Solid Mechanics and Strength of Materials\. The following technical equipment has been carefully chosen to be structured around a new model of course design and pedagogy: Beam Apparatus Additional Specimen Beams \(for SM1004\) Thin Cylinder Think Cylinder Loading and Buckling of Struts Set of additional Struts \(for SM1005\) VDAS \(Bench mounted\) Free and Forced Vibrations Creep Testing Machine Lead Creep Specimen Polyprop Specimen Nylon 66 Creep Specimen Unplasticised PVC Creep Specimen Torsion Testing Machine \(30Nm\) 0\.1% Carbon Steel as drawn Torsion Specimen 0\.1% Carbon Steel Normalised Torsion Specimen 0\.4% Carbon Steel as drawn Torsion Specimen 0\.4% Carbon Steel Normalised Torsion Specimen Half Hard Brass Torsion Specimen Grey Cast Iron Torsion Specimen

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/bbfc5a57-8228-47f2-b466-39b688edf38b-148500)