A friction test device based on a torsional Hopkinson bar (THB) includes a base, a baffle, and pull rods. The servo axial loading device includes a first oil pressure tank and a first pressure rod. One end of the first pressure rod is embedded in the first oil pressure tank. The baffle includes a front baffle and a rear baffle. The pull rods are arranged between the front baffle and the rear baffle. A loading guide rod is provided between the front baffle and the rear baffle. The rear baffle is fixed thereon with a constraint mass. The loading guide rod includes one end connected to the first pressure rod and the other end connected to the constraint mass through a specimen. The friction test device further includes a torque application device and a torque storage device. Therefore, the specimen undergoes a full friction process from static to dynamic.

The invention relates to a test arrangement for testing breakage and mechanical properties of rock particles. Test arrangement comprises a support (1, 2) and two counter-rotatable crushing rolls (3, 3′) supported on the support (1, 2) and a drive arrangement (M1, M2) for rotating the crushing rolls (3, 3′). Crushing rolls (3, 3′) are facing each other and defining therebetween an input gap (G) for the rock particles, said rolls being arranged to crush rock particles (RP) to smaller daughter particles (DP). Test arrangement comprises a force measurement arrangement (7, 7′) for determining the compressive strength of rock particles (RP). Force measurement arrangement (7, 7′) being coupled to a processor (PR) comprised by the test arrangement. The processor (PR) being arranged to calculate the breakage force applied to each rock particle (RP) over time. The test arrangement (TA) further comprises an energy measurement arrangement (5, 5′) for measuring information relating to energy applied to each rock particle (RP), said energy measurement arrangement (5, 5′) being coupled to said processor (PR), said processor (PR) being arranged to calculate energy applied to each rock particle (PR).

A master unit includes a synchronization signal source that generates a synchronization signal and a synchronization signal distribution adjustment circuit that adjusts a distribution timing of the synchronization signal to each of slave units. The synchronization signal distribution adjustment circuit includes a period measurement circuit that measures a period of the synchronization signal output from the synchronization signal source, a time difference measurement circuit that measures a time difference between a time point of the synchronization signal issued from the master unit to the slave units and a time point of the synchronization signal returned from the slave units to the master unit, and a delay circuit that delays the issuing time point of the synchronization signal to be transmitted from the master unit to the slave units based on the period of the synchronization signal and the time difference.

A testing equipment of dynamic penetration plate anchor for a hypergravity centrifuge includes five parts: a test model box, a magnetic induction positioning system, an anchor release device, a loading and measuring device and a dynamic penetration plate anchor. A test foundation is disposed in the test model box, the top part of the test model box along a lengthwise direction is provided with a slide rail of model box, the anchor release device and the loading and measuring device are installed on the slide rail of model box, and the magnetic induction positioning system is installed on the anchor plate of the dynamic penetration plate anchor and the test model box. It can solve the problem that movement information of the anchor body is difficult to obtain due to opaque soil, and can accurately and effectively carry out tests of dynamic penetration plate anchors of hypergravity centrifuges.

A testing system for evaluating the performance of an electrical/electronic UUT under dynamic operating conditions. The testing system includes a dynamic testing component (e.g., a centrifuge) for applying a stimulus to the UUT, and an iDAQ system configured to perform in situ data acquisition and real-time data analysis. The iDAQ system may also be subject to the stimulus. The iDAQ system includes a processor (e.g., an SoC) component, a power supply, a CR/I component, an IR component, and a single enclosure. The processor component may control the dynamic testing component, including varying in real-time the stimulus applied to the UUT. The processor component may include multiple input channels, and a high current/voltage subcomponent of the power supply may be configured to supply up to five hundred volts.

Described herein are examples of improved material (and/or universal) testing machines having a lower crossbeam that may be moved via a drive system of the material testing machine. In some examples, this may be accomplished via drive shafts with different threading in upper and lower portions, and/or independent drive systems for upper and lower crossbeams. The ability to dynamically adjust (e.g., raise) the lower crossbeam may allow an operator to interact with test samples at a more comfortable height, and reduce the need for an operator to repeatedly bend and/or kneel.

Methods and systems are provided for a torsional material testing system, which includes a rotatable actuator, such as a motor, configured to perform a torsional material testing operation. During a torsional material testing operation, a virtual interlock is configured to engage or disengage with the actuator to prevent or allow rotational movement of the actuator (e.g., during a setup state or during a torsional material testing operation, respectively). A control circuitry is employed to control the virtual interlock as well as the torsional testing system based on one or more operational states before, during, or after a material testing process.

Provided herein are systems and methods for carrying out high-throughput quantitative measurements of bulk mechanical properties of soft materials. The systems include a centrifuge, solid particles, and sample wells. In the systems and methods, samples comprising solid particles embedded in soft materials contained within sample wells are centrifuged in a series of increasing centrifugal speed increments, and a bulk mechanical property, such as fracture stress or elastic modulus, of each soft material is determined by monitoring the centrifugal force needed for the solid particles to fracture the soft material in each of the samples.

A master unit includes a synchronization signal source that generates a synchronization signal and a synchronization signal distribution adjustment circuit that adjusts a distribution timing of the synchronization signal to each of slave units. The synchronization signal distribution adjustment circuit includes a period measurement circuit that measures a period of the synchronization signal output from the synchronization signal source, a time difference measurement circuit that measures a time difference between a time point of the synchronization signal issued from the master unit to the slave units and a time point of the synchronization signal returned from the slave units to the master unit, and a delay circuit that delays the issuing time point of the synchronization signal to be transmitted from the master unit to the slave units based on the period of the synchronization signal and the time difference.

The invention relates to a testing device that can be transported and used in situ on a structure to be tested to determine the resistance thereof to peeling. The device fundamentally comprises: a drum with attachment elements for attaching to a specimen that is to be peeled from a hybrid adhesive joint of a structure, a movable carriage on which the drum is mounted; a frame along which the drum moves; and an actuation mechanism that determines the linear movement of the carriage or the rotational movement of the drum and which, by the reaction of the specimen, determines, respectively, the rotation of the drum or the linear displacement of the carriage.