An apparatus for testing tangential and normal resistance of an anchor chain and soil under an equivalent elastic boundary and a method therefor, and the apparatus includes a support frame, a transmission device, an air pressure loading system, a test box, a vertical displacement applying part, a tangential anchor chain unit, a normal anchor chain unit, etc.

Disclosed are a tube pure shear loading device and method. A first mandrel penetrates into a first half tube, and a second mandrel penetrates into a second half tube. The size of the first mandrel matches the size of the first half tube, and the size of the second mandrel matches the size of the second half tube. A first connecting portion of the first mandrel and a second connecting portion of the second mandrel are loaded, and a first protruding portion and a second protruding portion transmit a force to a to-be-tested tube, so that a material of a whole tube in the same plane as a right plane or a left plane of the first half tube and a left plane or a right plane of the second half tube is in a pure shear stress state.

The present invention discloses a method for detecting compaction and shear strength characteristics of an asphalt mixture during construction compaction. The method mainly includes the following steps: using a device for detecting compaction and shear strength characteristics of the asphalt mixture; pressing a test claw into the asphalt mixture during construction; rotating the test claw slowly and uniformly to measure an internal temperature and a shear characteristic of the mixture during paving and subsequent compaction; calculating a corresponding compaction detection index based on the shear characteristic; and monitoring and guiding the construction quality and construction process accordingly based on the real-time detection index. The present invention measures the compaction detection index of the asphalt mixture during compaction simply, quickly and accurately. The present invention uses the compaction detection index together with a degree of compaction for dual control of asphalt pavement compaction.

Aspects of this disclosure relate to a method for selecting an adhesive for bonding a cold-formed glass to a metal substrate and various cold-formed products. In one or more embodiments, the cold-formed products include a structural substrate comprising a curved surface and structural substrate coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE), a cold-formed and curved glass substrate attached to the curved surface with an adhesive, the glass substrate comprising a glass substrate CTE, the structural substrate and adhesive forming a structural substrate/adhesive interface and the glass substrate and the adhesive forming a glass substrate/adhesive interface, wherein the glass substrate CTE and the structural substrate CTE differ, wherein the product withstands overlap shear failure as determined by modified test method ASTM D1002-10 at −40° C., 24° C., and 85° C. and tensile failure as determined by ASTM D897 at −40° C., 24° C., and 85° C. at one or both of the structural substrate/adhesive interface and the glass substrate/adhesive interface.

A test apparatus used for simulating debonding between a carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) and concrete in a CFRP-strengthened structure consists of a primary structural block, a secondary structural block, an adjustable hanger, a receiving slot, an attachment mechanism, a pull-off disk, a connecting plate having a plurality of rods. The adjustable hanger and the secondary structural block are slidably positioned into the receiving slot that traverses into a structural body of the primary structural block. The adjustable hanger is mainly used during double-shearing tests and mixed-mode tests, wherein both shearing and peeling is analyzed in mixed-mode tests. The secondary structural block is used in double-shear tests, mixed-mode tests, single-shear tests, tension pull-off tests, and beam-bend tests. The attachment mechanism, which holds the primary structural block, the secondary structural block, and the adjustable hanger together, is also used during single-shear tests and beam-bend tests.

A rock mass shear test system for high-energy accelerator computed tomography (CT) scanning includes double horizontal loading devices, a first bearing device for bearing a static shear box, a second bearing device for bearing a dynamic shear box, and a normal loading device, etc. In the test, the double horizontal loading devices simultaneously apply an identical loading force to the rock mass, and the normal loading device applies a shear force to the rock mass. The double horizontal loading devices are provided in parallel and spaced apart, a loading force is applied in the horizontal direction, and a shear force is applied in the vertical direction, so that the loading cylinder and the rock mass sample are effectively prevented from interfering with each other during the accurate scanning process of the shearing progressive failure process of the rock mass.

A process for estimating tensile properties associated with a metal additive manufactured component is disclosed. The process includes building ductile metal specimen samples layer-by-layer on a build plate by additive manufacturing, wherein each of the metal specimen samples includes at least one support member and a bridging member spanning a space defined by the at last one support member, wherein the bridging member includes an upper portion that is raised relative to top planar surfaces of the at least one support member, and a lower portion integrally bridging the space defined by the at least one support member and raised relative to the build plate. The process includes sequentially shear testing each of the plurality of specimen samples on the build plate by applying a load to the upper portion of the bridging member and measuring load, displacement and/or local strain values. The process also includes estimating tensile properties by extrapolating the load, displacement and/or local strain values obtained from the shear testing based on a plastic yield surface criterion.

A method for assessing the release performance of microcapsules comprising at least one volatile ingredient, the method comprising the steps of: a. applying a plurality of said microcapsules to an underlying surface; b. applying a kinetic frictional shear stress τ through a contact surface of a probe under a predefined load, a predefined contact surface area and a predefined shear rate to said plurality of microcapsules; and c. measuring the amount of the at least one volatile ingredient released per second from said microcapsules under said kinetic frictional shear stress τ.

A loading frame for fiber reinforced polymer (FRP)-concrete bond tests includes a standing guide tower, a base section, and a loading beam. The standing guide tower is perpendicularly mounted to the base section. A testing load is applied to the loading beam when performing a series of FRP-concrete bond tests. A sliding end of the loading beam is positioned into a channel within the standing guide tower allowing the loading beam to be positioned at a preferred height. The engagement between the loading beam and the standing guide tower reduces secondary forces. The loading frame is mobile and may also be used with existing testing devices and systems used to perform the series of FRP-concrete bond tests.

An apparatus for calibrating a shear test tool utilizes a resilient pivot mechanism to improve accuracy and reliability of the force calibration. The apparatus includes a fixed element, a pivotable element configured to be rotatable relative to the fixed element, and a resilient pivot mechanism coupled between the fixed element and the pivotable element to form a pivot. The pivotable element is rotatable about the pivot to lift a weight coupled to the pivotable element when the shear test tool applies a force on the pivotable element in order to rotate the pivotable element and lift the weight.

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