Device for evaluating resistance to formation of mechanical damages in structural and esthetic elements and use thereof

A device (1), and use thereof, for evaluating the resistance to the formation of mechanical damages caused, for example, by an excavator or the like onto a structural member such as, for example, a buried or immersed pipeline or such as an aesthetical member for example a continuous façade, provides: a support (13) for a tract of a test member (14); an articulated mechanical arm (4) which supports a test tool (10); means (11, 12) for driving the articulated mechanical arm (4) to move said test tool (10) in a direction with axial and/or transversal component and/or with a rotation with a predetermined force; means (21) for adjusting said direction and said force; and means (35, 36) for evaluating the impact between test tool (10) and surface of the member tract (14) involved by the test.