A pressure-preserving conventional triaxial compression loading apparatus of the present invention includes a pressure vessel, an upper piston rod, a lower piston rod, and an annular oil bag assembly. Hollow chambers of the pressure vessel in vertical communication sequentially include an upper chamber, an upper sealed chamber, a confining pressure chamber, a lower sealed chamber, and a lower chamber from top to bottom. The annular oil bag assembly is placed in the confining pressure chamber. When an annular inner chamber of an annular oil bag is filled with medium, an outer wall of the annular oil bag and an inner wall of the confining pressure chamber are attached together. A fidelity specimen is placed in a specimen chamber defined by a lower end surface of the upper piston rod, an upper end surface of the lower piston rod, and an inner wall of the annular oil bag. A variety of measuring sensors are disposed in the annular inner chamber of the annular oil bag. The pressure-preserving conventional triaxial compression loading apparatus of the present invention may accommodate a fidelity specimen, and use the annular oil bag assembly and the upper and lower piston rods to perform a pressure-preserving conventional triaxial loading test on the fidelity specimen, so that test data is more accurate and reliable, to help to study the mechanical behavior of in-situ rock and measure their properties more faithfully.

The present disclosure describes systems and methods to compensate for error in a video extensometer system, including noise, perspective variations, and/or component placement and/or operation.

A split-type device for measuring rock mass deformation under high hydraulic pressure and a construction method and use thereof. Main components of the device include a metal measuring rod, a magnetic iron core, a shell, a waterproof coil framework, a coil, a tail accessory, a cable clamp, a cable, a signal processing bin, etc. Main electronic components are treated by adopting the all-metal shell and a vacuum particle sealing double-layer sealing process, and have hydraulic pressure resistance of 5 MPa or above. Measurement signals feature centralized processing, digitization and dual utilization of signals, i.e., after data of a plurality of sensors is processed in an electronic bin and then digitized signals are connected to an independent reader outside the bin or a centralized acquisition device for in-situ tests.

A method for determining hardness of a material by implementing 3D imaging is proposed. The imaging provides database of points on the 3D imprint in an orthogonal X-Y-Z coordinate system. An imaginary image of the imprint is formed by finding a plurality of intersection points obtained by intersecting the imprint image in X-Y plane with the X-Z plane movable in the Y-axis direction for obtaining a plurality of points of intersection that lay in the X-Y plane. Statistical processing of the plurality of the points of intersection makes it possible to form imaginary image of the imprint in the X-Y plane and to use the reference dimension of the obtained imaginary image as a parameter for insertion into the hardness calculation formula.

Safety systems and material testing systems including safety systems are disclosed. An example material testing system includes: an actuator configured to control an operator-accessible component of the material testing system; an actuator disabling circuit configured to disable the actuator; and one or more processors configured to: control the actuator based on a material testing process; monitor a plurality of inputs associated with operation of the material testing system; determine, based on the plurality of inputs and the material testing process, a state of the material testing system from a plurality of predetermined states, the predetermined states comprising one or more unrestricted states and one or more restricted states; and control the actuator disabling circuit based on the determined state.

Safety systems and material testing systems including safety systems are disclosed. An example material testing system includes: an actuator configured to control an operator-accessible component of the material testing system; an actuator disabling circuit configured to disable the actuator; and one or more processors configured to: control the actuator based on a material testing process; monitor a plurality of inputs associated with operation of the material testing system; determine, based on the plurality of inputs and the material testing process, a state of the material testing system from a plurality of predetermined states, the predetermined states comprising one or more unrestricted states and one or more restricted states; and control the actuator disabling circuit based on the determined state.

A sensor for measuring the fatigue life of a structure subjected to repetitive loads is disclosed. The sensor includes a backing material arranged for securement to the structure, and a foil arranged for securement to the backing material. The foil includes a conductive path along which electrical current flows at an initial resistance measured prior to the structure being subjected to repetitive loads. A crack initiation feature in the form of a notch is located on the conductive path. In response to repetitive loads applied to the structure, one or more cracks propagate from the crack initiation feature across the conductive path to cause electrical resistance to increase whereby the progression of fatiguing of the structure may be determined.

A system for simultaneously measuring the indentation hardness properties, span properties, and resilience properties of a mattress includes a first indentation means and a second indentation means, and means for urging the first indentation means and the second indentation means into the mattress with a predetermined force, and also includes laser means for projecting a laser line configured to map, preferably by photographic triangulation, the amplitude, shape, and time-dependency of the resultant deflection of the mattress surface between the first indentation means and the second indentation means. A method for simultaneously measuring the indentation hardness properties, span properties, and resilience properties of a mattress is also provided.

A method of operating a particle beam device for imaging, analyzing and/or processing an object may be carried out, for example, by a particle beam device. The method may include: identifying at least one region of interest on the object; defining: (i) an analyzing sequence for analyzing the object, (ii) a processing sequence for processing the object by deformation and (iii) an adapting sequence for adapting the at least one region of interest depending on the processing sequence and/or on the analyzing sequence; processing the object by deformation according to the processing sequence and/or analyzing the object according to the analyzing sequence; adapting the at least one region of interest according to the adapting sequence; and after or while adapting the at least one region of interest, imaging and/or analyzing the at least one region of interest using a primary particle beam being generated by a particle beam generator.

A method of operating a particle beam device for imaging, analyzing and/or processing an object may be carried out, for example, by a particle beam device. The method may include: identifying at least one region of interest on the object; defining: (i) an analyzing sequence for analyzing the object, (ii) a processing sequence for processing the object by deformation and (iii) an adapting sequence for adapting the at least one region of interest depending on the processing sequence and/or on the analyzing sequence; processing the object by deformation according to the processing sequence and/or analyzing the object according to the analyzing sequence; adapting the at least one region of interest according to the adapting sequence; and after or while adapting the at least one region of interest, imaging and/or analyzing the at least one region of interest using a primary particle beam being generated by a particle beam generator.