According to one implementation, a structural health monitoring system includes an ultrasonic transducer, an ultrasonic sensor, a strain sensor and a signal processing part. The ultrasonic transducer oscillates an ultrasonic wave to the first inspection area. The ultrasonic sensor detects a waveform of at least one of a transmission wave of the ultrasonic wave and a reflected wave of the ultrasonic wave. The transmission wave has transmitted the first inspection area. The reflected wave has been reflected in the first inspection area. The strain sensor detects a strain amount of the second inspection area. The signal processing part obtains at least one index, representing health of the structural object including the first inspection area and the second inspection area, based on the waveform detected by the ultrasonic sensor and the strain amount detected by the strain sensor.

Novel markers that can be attached physically to a tensile specimen with a center guide to allow for measuring correct strain, as well as a binder that fixes and holds a pin guide to its location on the specimen during the test.

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.

In one embodiment, a concrete strength testing system includes a core drill having a core barrel, a press associated with the core drill that is configured to drive the core barrel into concrete to be tested, a force sensor associated with the core drill that is configured to measure a force with which the core barrel is driven into the concrete by the press, and a depth measurement device configured to measure a depth into the concrete to which the core barrel is driven by the press.

A method and an apparatus for detecting bending stiffness and a method for testing a display panel. The method for detecting bending stiffness includes: arranging an object to be tested on a reference surface to make a stationary portion and a rotating portion of the object to be tested attached to the reference surface, the stationary portion and the rotating portion being connected to each other; driving the rotating portion to bend from the reference surface toward the stationary portion, and acquiring a rotation angle between the rotating portion and the reference surface; acquiring a bending force received by the rotating portion when the rotating portion is bent from the reference surface toward the stationary portion; and determining bending stiffness of the object to be tested on the basis of the bending force and the rotation angle.

A method for determining an expansion coefficient of a test material comprises: receiving first image data of a compound material, wherein the compound material comprises a plate and a layer of the test material, which is attached to the plate; receiving second image data of the compound material, which has been exposed to an environmental condition, before the second image data has been recorded; determining a measured deformation of the compound material by comparing the first image data and the second image data; and performing a simulated deformation of a model of the compound material exposed to the environmental condition and determining the expansion coefficient of the test material by varying the expansion coefficient until the simulate deformation conforms to the measured deformation.

In one embodiment, a concrete strength testing system includes a core drill having a core barrel, a press associated with the core drill that is configured to drive the core barrel into concrete to be tested, a force sensor associated with the core drill that is configured to measure a force with which the core barrel is driven into the concrete by the press, and a depth measurement device configured to measure a depth into the concrete to which the core barrel is driven by the press.

An apparatus for measuring a deformation stiffness of an article includes a force measuring means configured to measure a force generated in a thickness direction of the article; a thickness measuring means configured to measure a thickness of the article; and a data processor configured to differentiate force with respect to thickness to calculate the deformation stiffness of the article, wherein each of the force and the thickness are a result of a volume change of the article.

The disclosure discloses a micro-nano indentation testing device and method. A lower end of an upright post is fixedly connected to a base, a top support plate is fixedly connected to an upper end of the upright post, a precise pressing device is fixedly connected to the top support plate; a load detection module is fixedly connected to the lower end of the output shaft, an elastic element is sleeved on the output shaft, and two ends of the elastic element respectively press against the precise pressing device and the load detection module; the displacement detection module is fixedly connected to the lower end of the load detection module, an indenter fixer is fixedly connected to the lower end of the displacement detection module and used for fixedly mounting an indenter; and a stage is fixedly connected to the base and used for fixedly mounting a sample.

A true triaxial testing system for disturbance experiment with broadband and low amplitude of a high pressure hard rock includes a low-frequency disturbance true triaxial mechanism, a variable-frequency low-speed disturbance rod mechanism and a rapid single-side unloading type specimen box. The low-frequency disturbance true triaxial mechanism and the variable-frequency low-speed disturbance rod mechanism are distributed along a straight line. The low-frequency disturbance true triaxial mechanism is independently used or cooperates with the variable-frequency low-speed disturbance rod mechanism for use. The rapid single-side unloading type specimen box cooperates with the low-frequency disturbance true triaxial mechanism for use.