Abstract:
Material properties such as stress in a ferromagnetic material may be measured using an electromagnetic probe. While generating an alternating magnetic field in the object, and sensing the resulting magnetic field with a sensor, the signals from the magnetic sensor may be resolved into in-phase and quadrature components. The signals are affected by both geometrical parameters such as lift-off and by material properties, but these influences may be separated by mapping the in-phase and quadrature components directly into material property and lift-off components, and hence a material property and/or the lift-off may be determined. The mapping may be represented in the impedance plane as two sets of contours representing signal variation with lift-off (A) (for different values of stress) and signal variation with stress (B) (for different values of lift-off), the contours of both sets (A, B) being curved. The stress contours (B) intersect any one liftoff contour (A) at a constant angle. Hence calibration measurements taken along a few contours of each set enable the positions of the other contours of each set to be determined.
Abstract:
A new extensometer is disclosed that avoids prior art problems of drift and other problems from variations in temperature, humidity and other environmental factors. Two primary extensometer body parts each hold at one end specimen contact rods and at their other ends a displacement measuring sensor, preferably a linear variable differential transformer. A thin hinge area connects the two body parts into a single piece monolithic construction so that relative movement between the two body parts is restricted to a single rotational degree of freedom.
Abstract:
A testing apparatus has an integral load cell element. The apparatus may be used to characterize a property of a sample on, for example, the mesoscale. The apparatus has a frame, at least one actuator and at least one displacement sensor. The apparatus may further include a controller and data acquisition equipment. At least one portion of the frame defines at least one flexure element that is capable of being displaced, by the actuator or a sample, along a rectilinear axis. The frame defining the flexure element has a platform and at least two parallel beams or springs supporting the platform. The portion of the frame defining the flexure element tends to restrict displacement of the sample rectilinearly along an axis that is parallel to the applied force. The arrangement also provides a counter-rotating associated with a cantilever spring assembly. An indentation testing apparatus is has the capability to indent a sample with an indenter. A biaxial testing apparatus has the capability to apply a displacement along two axes. The actuators of the biaxial testing apparatus are de-coupled to remove interaction between the applied forces. The testing apparatus can be tailored to a specific characterization test by selecting an appropriate sample size, geometry, frame material, flexure element geometry, indenter, actuator and displacement sensor. The testing apparatus is capable of measuring 1 nullN to 10 N forces with a resolution of 50 nullN.
Abstract:
A nondestructive test method determines fatigue of a test ferromagnetic construction material by quantifying a change in effective stress due to aging of the test material, in which the magnetic susceptibility (&khgr;c) of the test material is measured in its aged state under a magnetic field having a specified intensity (H) according to a relation as expressed by a first equation: c=&khgr;c H3. The magnetic susceptibility (&khgr;c) so measured and the magnetic field intensity (H) are put into the first equation, to obtain a susceptibility coefficient (c) of the test material. The susceptibility coefficient (c) so obtained is put into a second equation: &sgr;={log (c)−a}/b, where a and b are known constants determined by an internal structure of the test material, to obtain a current tensile stress (&sgr;) of the test material. The current tensile stress (&sgr;) of the test material so obtained is compared with a known, initial tensile stress (&sgr;0) of the same test material, to determine a change in effective tensile stress of the test material.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a nano-ligand for promoting cell adhesion and differentiation of stem cells and a method of promoting cell adhesion and differentiation of stem cells by using the nano-ligand, and the method of promoting cell adhesion and differentiation of stem cells according to the present invention may temporally and spatially, and reversibly control nano-ligand sliding by applying a magnetic field to a substrate including the nano-ligands, and efficiently control stem cell adhesion and differentiation ex vivo or in vivo through the magnetic-field based on spatiotemporal control.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a nano-ligand for promoting cell adhesion and differentiation of stem cells and a method of promoting cell adhesion and differentiation of stem cells by using the nano-ligand, and the method of promoting cell adhesion and differentiation of stem cells according to the present invention may temporally and spatially, and reversibly control nano-ligand sliding by applying a magnetic field to a substrate including the nano-ligands, and efficiently control stem cell adhesion and differentiation ex vivo or in vivo through the magnetic-field based on spatiotemporal control.
Abstract:
Sensing strain in an adhesively bonded joint includes inducing a strain wave in the joint, and sensing a change in local magnetic characteristics in the joint.
Abstract:
A method of using a magnetostrictive material to achieve a high magnetomechanical coupling factor comprising building an internal anisotropy energy into the magnetostrictive material and applying a tensile or compressive stress to the magnetostrictive material with the built-in internal anisotropy energy. The internal anisotropy energy is built into the magnetostrictive material by annealing the magnetostrictive material under an annealing stress or a suitable magnetic field. For a positive magnetostrictive material, when the annealing stress is compressive, the stress applied to the annealed material under operation is tensile, and when the annealing stress is the tensile, the stress applied to the annealed material under operation is compressive. For a negative magnetostrictive material, when the annealing stress is compressive, the stress applied to the annealed material under operation is tensile, and when the annealing stress is tensile, the stress applied to the annealed material under operation is compressive.
Abstract:
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.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a large-scale three-dimensional physical simulation test system for the whole development process of deep engineering rock burst. A CO2 blast cracking device, a dynamic fiber grating and ultrasonic probes are pre-embedded in a physical model sample of similar materials. Acoustic emission probes are pre-mounted on the boundary of a sample. A tunnel excavated in the sample is provided with a three-way acceleration sensor and an industrial endoscope. A sample 3D printer and a drop hammer impact device are arranged outside the three-dimensional static stress loading device. A hydraulic oil source and a controller are arranged outside the three-dimensional static stress loading device and mounted on the ground. The controller is connected with a computer.