Testing Services

Our civil engineering research and teaching laboratory offers a comprehensive range of testing services to support research projects, product development, and innovation-driven initiatives for the UMD community, non-profits, startups, and local organizations, leveraging cutting-edge equipment and expertise in structural analysis, material science, and geotechnical engineering. We provide precise testing for soil mechanics, concrete properties, steel structures, and asphalt materials, ensuring compliance with industry standards and regulatory requirements. Our services also include non-destructive testing (NDT) techniques, structural health monitoring, and failure analysis to help clients assess their projects’ performance, durability, and safety, to support decision-making in construction, infrastructure development, and project management.

We provide the following standard testing services, and we are also able to provide customized testing services.

Contact Name: Dr. Yuan Feng

Contact E-mail: yfeng6@umd.edu

AISI S905-13Test Standard for Cold-Formed Steel Connections
ASTM A370Standard Test Methods and Definitions for Mechanical Testing of Steel Products (only tensile testing)
ASTM A615/A615MStandard Specification for Deformed and Plain Carbon-Steel Bars for Concrete Reinforcement (only tensile testing)
ASTM A820/A820MStandard Specification for Steel Fibers for Fiber-Reinforced Concrete
ASTM C1006Standard Test Method for Splitting Tensile Strength of Masonry Units
ASTM C1018Standard Test Method for Flexural Toughness and First-Crack Strength of Fiber-Reinforced Concrete (Using Beam With Third-Point Loading) (Withdrawn 2006)
ASTM C109/C109MStandard Test Method for Compressive Strength of Hydraulic Cement Mortars (Using 2-in. or [50-mm] Cube Specimens)
ASTM C1185Standard Test Methods for Sampling and Testing Non-Asbestos Fiber-Cement Flat Sheet, Roofing and Siding Shingles, and Clapboards (except Sections 14 and 15)
ASTM C1260Standard Test Method for Potential Alkali Reactivity of Aggregates (Mortar-Bar Method)
ASTM C1314Standard Test Method for Compressive Strength of Masonry Prisms
ASTM C136/C136MStandard Test Method for Sieve Analysis of Fine and Coarse Aggregates
ASTM C138/C138MStandard Test Method for Density (Unit Weight), Yield, and Air Content (Gravimetric) of Concrete
ASTM C1399/C1399MStandard Test Method for Obtaining Average Residual-Strength of Fiber- Reinforced Concrete
ASTM C143/C143MStandard Test Method for Slump of Hydraulic-Cement Concrete
ASTM C1437Standard Test Method for Flow of Hydraulic Cement Mortar
ASTM C1567Standard Test Method for Determining the Potential Alkali-Silica Reactivity of Combinations of Cementitious Materials and Aggregate (Accelerated Mortar- Bar Method)
ASTM C157/C157MStandard Test Method for Length Change of Hardened Hydraulic-Cement Mortar and Concrete
ASTM C1609/C1609MStandard Test Method for Flexural Performance of Fiber-Reinforced Concrete (Using Beam With Third-Point Loading)
ASTM C1611/C1611MStandard Test Method for Slump Flow of Self-Consolidating Concrete
ASTM C1621/C1621MStandard Test Method for Passing Ability of Self-Consolidated Concrete by J- Ring
ASTM C172/C172MStandard Practice for Sampling Freshly Mixed Concrete
ASTM C173/C173MStandard Test Method for Air Content of Freshly Mixed Concrete by the Volumetric Method
ASTM C192/C192MStandard Practice for Making and Curing Concrete Test Specimens in the Laboratory
ASTM C231/C231MStandard Test Method for Air Content of Freshly Mixed Concrete by the Pressure Method (only type B meter)
ASTM C293/C293MStandard Test Method for Flexural Strength of Concrete (Using Simple Beam With Center-Point Loading)
ASTM C31/C31MStandard Practice for Making and Curing Concrete Test Specimens in the Field
ASTM C39/C39MStandard Test Method for Compressive Strength of Cylindrical Concrete Specimens
ASTM C403/C403MStandard Test Method for Time of Setting of Concrete Mixtures by Penetration Resistance
ASTM C42/42MStandard Test Method for Obtaining and Testing Drilled Cores and Sawed Beams of Concrete (except ASTM C174)
ASTM C469/C469MStandard Test Method for Static Modulus of Elasticity and Poisson’s Ratio of Concrete in Compression (except ASTM C174)
ASTM C496/C496MStandard Test Method for Splitting Tensile Strength of Cylindrical Concrete Specimens
ASTM C511Standard Specification for Mixing Rooms, Moist Cabinets, Moist Rooms, and Water Storage Tanks Used in the Testing of Hydraulic Cements and Concretes
ASTM C531Standard Test Method for Linear Shrinkage and Coefficient of Thermal Expansion of Chemical-Resistant Mortars, Grouts, Monolithic Surfacings, and Polymer Concretes
ASTM C642Standard Test Method for Density, Absorption, and Voids in Hardened Concrete
ASTM C78/C78MStandard Test Method for Flexural Strength of Concrete (Using Simple Beam with Third-Point Loading)
ASTM C947Standard Test Method for Flexural Properties of Thin-Section Glass-Fiber- Reinforced Concrete (Using Simple Beam With Third-Point Loading)
ASTM D1141Standard Practice for the Preparation of Substitute Ocean Water
ASTM D1557Modified Proctor compaction
ASTM D2344/D2344MStandard Test Method for Short-Beam Strength of Polymer Matrix Composite Materials and Their Laminates
ASTM D2434Rigid-wall permeability (soil)
ASTM D2435One-dimensional consolidation test (oedometer)
ASTM D2584Standard Test Method for Ignition Loss of Cured Reinforced Resins
ASTM D2990Standard Test Methods for Tensile, Compressive, and Flexural Creep and Creep-Rupture of Plastics (tensile creep only)
ASTM D3039Standard Test Method for Tensile Properties of Polymer Matrix Composite Materials
ASTM D3045Standard Practice for Heat Aging of Plastics Without Load
ASTM D3080Direct shear test
ASTM D3165Standard Test Method for Strength Properties of Adhesives in Shear by Tension Loading of Single-Lap-Joint Laminated Assemblies
ASTM D3786Mullen burst strength (geotextiles)
ASTM D422Hydrometer analysis
ASTM D422/D6913Sieve analysis
ASTM D4318Liquid limit, plastic limit, and plasticity index
ASTM D4533Index trapezoidal tearing strength (geotextiles)
ASTM D4595Wide-width strip tensile strength (geotextiles)
ASTM D4632Grab breaking load and elongation (geotextiles)
ASTM D4767Consolidated undrained triaxial shear test
ASTM D4943Shrinkage limit
ASTM D5101Measuring the Soil-Geotextile System Clogging Potential by the Gradient Ratio
ASTM D5199Thickness measurement (geotextiles, geomembranes)
ASTM D5261Mass per unit area (geotextiles)
ASTM D570Standard Test Method for Water Absorption of Plastics
ASTM D698Standard Proctor compaction
ASTM D7205/D7205MStandard Test Method for Tensile Properties of Fiber Reinforced Polymer Matrix Composite Bars
ASTM D7264/D7264MStandard Test Method for Flexural Properties of Polymer Matrix Composite Materials
ASTM D7522/D7522MStandard Test Method for Pull-Off Strength for FRP Laminate Systems Bonded to Concrete Substrate
ASTM D7565/D7565MStandard Test Method for Determining Tensile Properties of Fiber Reinforced Polymer Matrix Composites Used for Strengthening of Civil Structures
ASTM D792Standard Test Methods for Density and Specific Gravity (Relative Density) of Plastics by Displacement (only method A)
ASTM D854Specific gravity of soil solids
ASTM E1640Standard Test Method for Assignment of the Glass Transition Temperature by Dynamic Mechanical Analysis
ASTM E4Standard Practices for Force Verification of Testing Machines (only verification by elastic calibration devices)
ASTM E518/E518MStandard Test Methods for Flexural Bond Strength of Masonry
ASTM E519/E519MStandard Test Method for Diagonal Tension (Shear) in Masonry Assemblages
ASTM E72Standard Test Methods of Conducting Strength Tests of Panels for Building Construction
ASTM E8/E8MStandard Test Methods for Tension Testing of Metallic Materials
ASTM E83Standard Practice for Verification and Classification of Extensometer Systems
ASTM G85Standard Practice for Modified Salt Spray (Fog) Testing
ASTM D4491Water Permeability of Geotextiles by Permittivity
ICC ES AC125Concrete and Reinforced and Unreinforced Masonry Strengthening Using Externally Bonded Fiber-reinforced Polymer (FRP) Composite Systems (except ASTM D696 and ASTM E831 in Table 2, ASTM C581 and ASTM E104 in Table 3, Sections 5.10, 5.13, 5.14, 5.15, 5.16 and 5.19)
ICC ES AC208Steel Fibers in Concrete (except Sections 4.6 and 4.7)
ICC ES AC32Concrete with Synthetic Fibers (except Sections 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 4.7.1.2, 4.9 and Annex A, Annex B and Annex E)
ICC ES AC383Polyolefin Chopped Strands for Use in Concrete (except Sections 4.2, 4.4, 4.5, 4.6, 4.7 and 4.9)
ICC ES AC434Masonry and Concrete Strengthening Using Fabric-reinforced Cementitious Matrix (FRCM) Composite Systems (except ASTM C581 and ASTM E104 in Table 3, and Sections 4.9, 4.10 and 4.11)
ICC ES AC454Fiber-reinforced Polymer (FRP) Bars for Internal Reinforcement of Concrete Members (except ASTM D4475, ASTM D7617, ASTM E2160 and ACI 440.3R (B.3 and B.5) in Table 2, and Sections 4.1.2, 4.1.3, 4.2.3, 4.2.5, 4.2.6, 4.3.2,4.3.4 and 4.6)
ICC ES AC458Exterior Ultra-High-Performance Concrete Thin Wall Cladding Panels (except Sections 3.4.3, 3.4.6, 3.5, 4.1, 4.2 and 4.3)
ICC ES AC490Concrete and Reinforced and Unreinforced Masonry Strengthening Using Externally Bonded Steel-Reinforced Polymer (SRP) Composite Systems (except ASTM D696 in Table 1, ASTM C581 and ASTM E104 in Table 3, and Sections 5.8, 5.10, 5.11, 5.12 and 5.13)
ICC ES AC493Composite, Ultra-High-Performance Concrete (UHPC) Panel Systems (except Sections 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 3.7, 3.8, 3.9, 4.1.4, 4.1.5, 4.1.8, 4.2.3 and 4.3.1 and Table 1)
ICC ES AC5093D Automated Construction Technology for 3D Concrete Walls (except Sections 3.3, 3.4, 4.3 and 4.5)