There is provided a microscope comprising a micromanipulator, comprising a first electromagnet comprising a first magnetic core; a second electromagnet comprising a second magnetic core, wherein the first magnetic core and the second magnetic core are configured to generate a magnetic force on magnetic probes arranged within a biological matrix arranged in between the first magnetic core and the second magnetic core; and wherein the microscope comprises imaging means configured to capture images of the biological matrix comprising the magnetic probes for detection of displacements of the magnetic probes caused by the magnetic force.

The present disclosure provides a thermal-stress-pore pressure coupled electromagnetic loading triaxial Hopkinson bar system and test method, the system mainly consists of an electromagnetic pulse generation system, a servo-controlled axial pressure loading system, a servo-controlled confining pressure loading system, a thermal control system, a pore pressure loading system, a bar system, and a data monitoring and acquisition system. Based on the conventional Hopkinson bar, the present disclosure creatively introduces a real-time loading and control system for confining pressure, thermal, and pore pressure, aiming to solve the technical problem that the existing test apparatus cannot be used to study dynamic response of deep rock mass under the coupling effect of thermal-stress-pore pressure and dynamic disturbance during dynamic impact loading.

A uniaxial bidirectional synchronous control electromagnetic loaded dynamic shear test system and method, a test apparatus thereof including a support platform, a loading bar system, an electromagnetic pulse generation system, a servo-controlled normal pressure loading system, and a data monitoring and acquisition system. The test apparatus can be used to conduct a dynamic shear test research on a rock-like material under a constant normal pressure close to an actual operating condition, and can also be applied to carry out dynamic shear tests on intact rock-like test specimens in various sizes or jointed rock-like test specimens containing a single structural surface to study dynamic shear mechanical property and shear failure behavior under strain rate of 10.sup.110.sup.3 s.sup.1, thereby providing an important theoretical and technical support for the design, construction, protection, and safety and stability evaluation of geotechnical engineering, structural engineering.

The present invention is directed to a system for determining the structural characteristics of a machine tool. The system comprises an excitation device configured to induce a dynamic excitation in a tool of the machine tool, a preloading device configured to generate a static force on the tool, and a sensing device for acquiring a set of data based on which the structural characteristics of the tool can be determined.

A method and device for performing a bending test on a display panel are disclosed. The method includes the steps of: providing a fixing member, a pressure exerting member and a driving device, and forming a space in the fixing member; fixing the display panel vertically onto the fixing member, wherein the display panel matches with the space to provide a corresponding space for deformation of the display panel; and driving the pressure exerting member to move in a direction perpendicular to the display panel to exert a pressure onto the display panel. If the pressure exerted onto the display panel is equal to a predetermined pressure for a predetermined time, the driving device controls the pressure exerting member to stop exerting the pressure onto the display panel. The predetermined pressure is a pressure required to drive the display panel to deform and reach a predetermined curvature.

An electromagnetic induction type Hopkinson pressure/tension bar loading device and experiment method therefor. The device not only can generate compression stress waves but also can generate tension stress waves through the electromagnetic induction principle, and is applied to the loading of a Hopkinson tension bar and a pressure bar. Thus, the loading systems for a Hopkinson tension bar and a pressure bar can simultaneously achieve the strain rate and strain range, which the traditional split Hopkinson bar experiment cannot reach, on the same device, so that the Hopkinson bar experiment technology is standardized, and the experiment devices for a tension bar and a pressure bar are integrated, thereby reducing complexity and floor space of equipment.

A bond test apparatus includes a test tool, a stage for mounting a bond for testing, and a drive mechanism comprising a voice coil. The voice coil is coupled to either the stage or to the test tool and is configured to provide relative movement between the stage and the test tool such that the bond applies a test force to the test tool. The bond test apparatus can also include a velocity sensor configured to sense an instantaneous relative velocity between the stage and the test tool, and a controller configured to control the drive mechanism in response to a signal from the velocity sensor. The bond test apparatus can also include a retarding mechanism coupled to the stage or the test tool and configured to apply, in response to relative movement between the stage and the test tool, a retarding force opposing the driving force.

The hydrogen charging device includes an anode material that can be accommodated in a through-hole provided inside a test specimen in a state of being separated from an inner peripheral surface of the through-hole, a circulation path and a liquid pump that circulate and supply an electrolytic solution into the through-hole, and a direct-current power source that applies a minus voltage to the test specimen and a plus voltage to the anode material.

Embodiments relate to an apparatus and method for determining the complex shear modulus of compliant viscoelastic specimens. The apparatus comprises at least one magnet configured to provide a magnetic field; a specimen and a motor secured to the end of the specimen, wherein the motor is positioned proximate to the magnet such that the motor is in the magnetic field; a first coil fixed to the motor; an amplifier configured to provide a current in the first coil, such that the first coil interacts with the magnetic field and the current to apply a force to the specimen; a second coil fixed to the motor and configured to measure voltage; a mirror secured to the motor; a laser source focused on the mirror and configured to produce a laser, such that the mirror reflects the laser; and a photodetector configured to detect the laser reflected from the mirror.

An actuator control system, mechanical testing system, and method for adaptive control of an actuator of a mechanical testing device may include determining a stiffness of a medium that the actuator is moving through and/or load gain of the actuator, wherein the stiffness and load gain is determined by generating a waveform to actuate the actuator until a load sensor signal and/or a displacement sensor signal is received, and controllably moving the actuator through the medium according to a predefined constant velocity by calculating a current request using the stiffness of the medium, and/or adjusting the load of the actuator in accordance with a constant load ramp rate.