Fields of Activity
CEDEX has available a complete and advanced technological equipment for the execution of its works on technical assistance and research. To this respect, the "large testing installations" given below stand out, since some of them are unique in their kind, even at international level.
Centre for Harbours and Coastal Studies
Centre for Hydrographic Studies
• HIGH RESOLUTION MASS SPECTROMETER
Transport Studies Centre
• GROUND PENETRATING RADAR FOR ROADS
• THE WEIGH-IN-MOTION OF ROAD VEHICLES
• EQUIPMENT FOR EVALUATION OF SKID RESISTANCE OF PAVEMENTS (SCRIM)
• EQUIPMENT FOR TYRE-ROAD NOISE MEASUREMENT
• RAIL INTEROPERABILITY LABORATORY
Centre for Applied Techniques Studies
• MEASURING SYSTEM OF ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY (RADIOLOGICAL SURVEILLANCE)
• LABORATORY OF ISOTOPE HIDROLOGY
• APPLIED SUPERCONDUCTIVITY FACILITY
• INFORMATION SYSTEMS ON WATER
Central Laboratory for Structures and Building Materials
• SEISMIC SIMULATOR WITH SIX DEGREES OF FREEDOM
• 10,000 kN DYNAMICAL UNIVERSAL MACHINE
• AUTOMATIC PLATFORM FOR BRIDGE INSPECTION
Geotechnical Laboratory
• DYNAMIC TRIAXIAL FOR HIGH CONFINING PRESSURES AND CONTROL OF TEMPERATURE
• DIRECT SHEAR EQUIPMENT WITH 1 m x 1 m BOX FOR COARSE GRANULAR MATERIALS
