Servo-Pneumatic Universal Testing Machine

This machine is a development of the NAT which was developed by Keith Cooper and Professor Steven
Brown at the University of Nottingham. The use of a high precision servo-pneumatic valve in conjunction
with a low-friction actuator and sophisticated data acquisition and control, results in a performance that is equal to many servo-hydraulic systems.
Accurate, digitally generated waveforms are applied by the actuator producing repeatable stress variations in test specimens that are simulative of those in a road pavement due to moving traffic. The actuator is double-acting allowing both compressive and tensile forces to be applied. A triaxial cell system is available for the measurement of the resilient modulus of unbound materials.