UK testing facilities
National Distributed Water Infrastructure Facility
University of Sheffield / UKCRIC
University of Sheffield, Sheffield, England
Access: Yes
Testing capabilities
- Materials and structural testing
- Inspection and failure analysis
- Hydrodynamics and marine testing
Services
Physical and field testing of distributed potable-water, sewer and drainage infrastructure; failure, sensing, inspection, repair and rehabilitation studies; interactions between in-pipe/surface flows, groundwater, soil and buried pipe systems.
Equipment
600 m² specialist laboratory; 1,350 m³ waterproof test cell, 45 m long and 5 m deep; 38 m straight test length; flows up to 200 L/s; pressure transient shocks up to 10 bar; cyclic loads up to 10 kN/m²; associated pilot-scale flooding, temperature-controlled pipe-loop and annular-flume facilities.
Standards
No accreditation or test standards stated on the cited facility page.
Contact
Operator-wide contact: Email: hello@ukcric.com
Approximate location
Sheffield · Town location