An apparatus and a method for testing combined dynamic-static loading strength of a rock-like material are provided. The apparatus and the method can test the combined dynamic-static loading strength of the rock-like material. The apparatus comprises an explosion load loading device, a static load loading device, and a stress wave rod transferring device. The explosion load loading device is connected with one end of the stress wave rod transferring device. The stress wave rod transferring device is connected with a rock-like material specimen. The stress wave rod transferring device is connected with the static load loading device.

The present invention provides a standard testing methodology for making quantitative determinations as to the chemical resistance of thermoplastics commonly used for non-disposable medical devices by evaluating the retention of tensile and/or impact properties of the thermoplastic materials after exposure to chemicals associated with healthcare grade disinfectants. Versions of the test methods may be used with any of a variety of different thermoplastic materials, each having a different stiffness or elastic modulus; and versions of the test methods may be used with any of a variety of different hospital grade cleaning agents or disinfectants. Using the methodology of embodiments of the present invention, different thermoplastic materials may be tested against different cleaners or disinfectants to provide a uniform basis for comparison. This allows those who make chemicals, polymers and medical equipment to have a uniform way of evaluating those materials for compatibility with various cleaners and disinfectants used in the medical industry to make objective comparisons, and to allow end users to make the same evaluations and comparisons.

The present disclosure relates to an apparatus and a method for an impact test, which can easily accelerate an impact body at a desired acceleration using an air pressure and an electromagnetic force. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, an apparatus for an impact test includes a clamping unit configured to fix a specimen, and an impact unit disposed to be spaced apart from the clamping unit and configured to accelerate and launch an impact body to collide with the specimen by an air pressure and an electromagnetic force.

A translation control and rotation control mechanism support jig for supporting a front end portion of an automobile body part includes a pair of support members, a rotary box having an L-shaped plate, a rotary shaft pin, a compression pin, and a connection plate. The translation control mechanism includes a support plate, a slide guide, an automobile body part securing disk, a translation plate, and a compression pin. Energy-absorbing members are disposed in an arcuate guide groove on a side surface of the rotary box and a linear guide groove arranged on the support plate or the translation plate. A collision punch collides at a test speed with the L-shaped plate of the rotary box. The compression pin deforms the energy-absorbing members to apply torque opposite to a rotation direction and a reaction force in an opposite direction to a translation direction.

An improved system of monitoring vibration of a blasting model test for a jointed rock mass and a method are provided. The system includes: a loading subsystem for three-way load, a model-surface blasting-vibration acquisition subsystem, and a model-interior dynamic stress-strain acquisition subsystem. The system and the method are provided, and a blasting model for a transparent jointed rock mass and a monitoring method that are obtained can analyze the influence of a joint inclination angle on propagation and attenuation laws of blasting stress waves in the jointed rock mass, and can analyze the influence of different millisecond blasting modes on the stability of an existing tunnel in the jointed rock mass, and can capture a real-time dynamic evolution process of cracks. The stress and strain measurement technologies used can perform omnibearing monitoring and recording for large deformations of surrounding rock under blasting load, and can resist the electromagnetic interference.

The present disclosure relates to compact waveguides. One example includes a primary bar, and an impedance-matched series of secondary bars that is impedance-matched with the primary bar at a connection point that joins at least one secondary bar of the impedance-matched series of secondary bars to the primary bar. The secondary bars are noncollinear and nonconcentric with the primary bar.

A method of determining shear strength of soil using a fall cone apparatus is provided. The method includes generating a first plot having graph lines defined for penetration depth values ranging from 4 to 20 mm on a first logarithmic paper, deducing a first mathematical model based on the first plot, and generating a second plot having the graph lines extended for a predefined penetration depth range based on the first mathematical model. The method further includes generating a third plot having graph lines corresponding to the extended penetration depth values defined for the W/A ratio values ranging from 0.17 to 13.3 on a second logarithmic paper, deducing a second mathematical model based on the third plot, generating a fourth plot having the graph lines extended for a predefined W/A ratio range based on the second mathematical model, and determining shear strength based on the fourth plot.

A drop test device includes a clamp that grips a falling body and that drops the falling body by releasing, by a predetermined operation, a gripping force applied to the falling body and an impact plate having an impact surface with which the falling body collides. The falling body includes a display module that operates in a first mode and a second mode and a jig to which the display module is coupled. The jig includes a first jig to which the display module in the first mode is coupled and a second jig to which the display module in the second mode is coupled.

A drop tower apparatus and method of use is provided. The drop tower apparatus includes a base, a frame, a top member, rails, a sled, a triggering system, and a test fixture. The frame extends from the base. The top member is disposed on the frame opposite the base and has a winch. The rails extend from the base to the top member and are disposed within the frame. The sled is configured to slide vertically along the length of the rails and is releasably connected to the winch of the top member. The test fixture is configured to receive a sample for testing. The winch of the top member raises the sled to a desired height, the sled is released at the desired height and slides along the rails resulting in an impact on a sample placed in the test fixture.

The invention relates to a device and method for detecting the grout compactness of splice sleeve, the device comprising a preloading member, a force transmission rod, a telescopic adjustment member, a vibration sensor and a data acquisition system. The rigid preloading member is used to fix the force transmission rod to the wall where the connecting structure of the splice sleeve is located, so that the end of the force transmission rod can be securely fastened to a rebar surface of a splice sleeve to be detected; the vibration sensor is fixed to the force transmission rod; the data acquisition system is used to acquire vibration signals from the vibration sensor. The grout compactness of splice sleeve is quantitatively analyzed, and a time-domain and frequency-domain signal may be used to obtain a peak-to-width ratio R.sub.Npw and a peak frequency Ω.sub.Peak signal to serve as a standard for the quantitative analysis.