Außengelände des OML mit Dauerversuch für den Lehrstuhl für Holzbau

The Otto Mohr Laboratory (OML)

The laboratory of the Institute of Concrete Structures at the Technical University is named after the German engineer and structural engineer Christian Otto Mohr. With a modern and extensive equipment, we are specialized in non-destructive examinations and destructive load tests on a variety of materials of structural engineering. We offer our services both internally and for external partners.

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History of the OML

The OML is one of the oldest laboratories of the Dresden civil engineers. The Mohr hangar and the administration building were built as experimental buildings in the former GDR. Opened in 2012, together with the technical center, the OML is today one of the most modern testing facilities in the construction industry in Germany.

Equipment

The OML has an extensive range of testing machines for standard tests. Special equipment such as a world-wide unique triaxial machine, a drop tower, split-hopkinson bars and a tendon testing machine also make it possible to carry out special testing tasks.

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Most of the examinations are carried out within the framework of university research projects. As a service, examinations ranging from material testing to in-situ testing as well as opinions for non-university institutions, private companies or the public sector are offered.

Otto-Mohr-Laboratorium an der TU Dresden

The Otto Mohr Laboratory (OML)

is one of the most modern and best equipped experimental facilities in the field of construction in Saxony. Regular tests and calibration of existing testing machines and the constant expansion of the portfolio guarantee the highest standard in testing and experimentation.

The laboratory, as an experimental hall of the constructive engineers at TU Dresden, was established more than 40 years ago. The name ‘Otto Mohr Laboratory‘ exists since nearly 30 years. The OML offers services to all TU Dresden institutions, especially the Institute of Concrete Structures, as well as non-university institutions and companies. The services offered include e.g., destructive and non-destructive examination of building materials or construction components. We have many years of experience in the examination of constructions on behalf of public and private organizations, institutions
and associations, companies, engineers and architects, public and private clients and
construction industry.

The range of service includes:

common tests like static compression and tensile tests on small samples,
tests on large-scale components
tests under special loading conditions like multi-axial, cyclic, long-term or impact loading

As a special field, the Otto Mohr Laboratory carries out expert evaluations based on in-situ tests on, e.g., beams, ceilings, and walls at new, old or historical buildings and bridge structures. Here, we have special knowledge about existing bridges in the context of analysis and implementation of the German recalculation guideline using experimental methods or evaluation concerning the risk of stress corrosion cracking.