The invention relates to an indenter receptacle for a measuring device, having a receptacle for detachably fastening an indenter, having an interface for mounting a measuring device, wherein a solid body joint arrangement is provided, which at least three solid body joints are provided between the interface and the receptacle and which are aligned offset at 90° to one another with respect to their flexibility in only one spatial direction.

A system for testing blade sharpness comprises a mounting arrangement for mounting a material to be cut; a force measuring device operable, in use, to determine variations in force along a blade as parts of the blade contact the material; and a control system. The control system is adapted to receive a signal that a blade sharpness test is to be performed; in response to the signal, prepare the mounting arrangement for a blade sharpness test; detect when force on the material rises above a pre-determined level; detect when the blade sharpness test is completed; and provide an indication of the force of the blade on the material.

The present disclosure relates to a method and a system for determining the mechanical state of an agricultural land, wherein sensors, arranged in a tillage element of an agricultural machine, obtain measurements of a vibratory signal which is the product of the tillage operation of the agricultural machine on the land. Communication means send said measurements in data packets to a processor module. The processor module transfers the measurements to the frequency domain and calculates energy measurements in order to finally determine the mechanical state of the agricultural land, based on the analysis of said calculated energies, wherein the mechanical state determined comprises a degree of hardness and a degree of plasticity.

According to the embodiments disclosed herein, in a press-fitting test for measuring physical properties of a test object by pressing an indenter against the test object and measuring the load and displacement, the measured displacement value is corrected in real time in consideration of the amount of deformation according to the load of the load cell, and thus an accurate load-displacement curve can be derived, even when the amount of deformation of the load cell is included in a measured value of a displacement sensor.

An automatic test system and method for mechanical parameters of surrounding rock applicable to a TBM. The system includes: an aggregate portion collecting a rock slag in a TBM tunneling process in real time; a gripping portion gripping any rock slag from obtained rock slags; a visual processing apparatus performing three-dimensional imaging for a rock slag under test in an infrared ranging manner; calculating positions of loading points for an abrasiveness test experiment, and determining, based on a spacing between loading points, whether rock slag under test meets a requirement; and determining actual positions of loading points if the rock slag under test meets the requirement, and determining a region, on a surface of rock slag, that meets a set condition as an action region for abrasiveness test experiment; and a rock abrasiveness test apparatus automatically performing an abrasiveness test for a rock slag under test that meets a requirement.

An assembly for shock testing a specimen, the assembly including first and second opposing brackets and opposing lower and upper caps. The opposing brackets include lower and upper angled surfaces. The lower cap includes lower angled surfaces configured to engage the lower angled surfaces of the left and right brackets. The upper cap includes upper angled surfaces configured to engage the upper angled surfaces of the left and right brackets. The first and second brackets are configured to be drawn toward each other via fasteners, thereby wedging the lower and upper caps toward each other against the specimen.

An assembly for shock testing a specimen, the assembly including first and second opposing brackets and opposing lower and upper caps. The opposing brackets include lower and upper angled surfaces. The lower cap includes lower angled surfaces configured to engage the lower angled surfaces of the left and right brackets. The upper cap includes upper angled surfaces configured to engage the upper angled surfaces of the left and right brackets. The first and second brackets are configured to be drawn toward each other via fasteners, thereby wedging the lower and upper caps toward each other against the specimen.

A rock mechanics triaxial testing machine includes an outer pressure chamber and an inner pressure chamber located inside the outer pressure chamber, and a side wall of the inner pressure chamber is provided with a communication hole communicating with the outer pressure chamber; an upper pressure head and a lower pressure head which may be placed inside the inner pressure chamber; an axial pressure driving member, the axial pressure driving member may drive the upper pressure head and lower pressure head to approach each other to squeeze the rock sample; an axial deformation sensor, a radial deformation sensor, a lifting mechanism, the lifting mechanism may drive the inner pressure chamber to rise and fall. In the rock mechanics triaxial testing machine, the inner pressure chamber and the outer pressure chamber are nested indoors and outdoors, and the inner pressure chamber is used to quickly mount rock test samples.

An apparatus for testing paving samples includes a base that includes a paving sample tray about the cabinet and configured for translation relative to the cabinet. A roller is configured for imparting compressive forces to a sample carried by the sample tray. An arm is configured for moving the roller from a stowed position to an in-use position where the roller contacts the sample. A cylinder assembly having a piston therein supplies pressure forces to the arm to move the arm from the stowed position to the in-use position, wherein a depth of travel of the arm is limited by the sample. As the sample is compressed, the depth of travel increases. A measurement device is in communication with the cylinder for determining an amount of travel of the arm to thus determine an amount of compression of the sample.

An abrasion tester and testing method. The testing method comprises setting a running speed of a rubber sample fixed to an outer surface of an annular belt member stretched between a pair of pulleys to a desired speed; setting a pressing load applied by a contact member to a desired pressing load via an anchor member; selecting, as the contact member, a desired contact member from a plurality of types of contact members with different rubber sample surface contacting tip specifications; pressing the contact member against the surface of the rubber sample running by the rotation of the pulleys; and obtaining an amount of scratch abrasion of the rubber sample using a calculation unit on the basis of a cross-sectional shape of the surface of the rubber sample detected by a shape sensor.