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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7165463 | Determination of young's modulus and poisson's ratio of coatings from indentation data A method is provided for determining Young's modulus and, if desired, Poisson's ratio of a coating on a substrate wherein load-displacement indentation data in the elastic region (either elastic loading or unloading) generated using an indenter is analyzed to interp... | 01/23/2007 |
| 6513389 | Technique for determining curvatures of embedded line features on substrates Techniques for evaluating curvatures in line features embedded in a different material layer formed on a substrate. A model based a uniform layer formed over a substrate may be used to represent a structure with parallel line features embedded in a layer ... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6371698 | Post stressed pier A structural pier assembly includes a cementitious pier and pressurized grout contained beneath the pier in the shaft so as to exert an upward force on the pier. An enclosure, such as a bladder or bellows, is filled with grout from a reservoir via a condu... | 04/16/2002 |
| 5699274 | Panel performance test system The invention is a performance testing system, i.e., performance of a material under a load concentrated in a single area. The system is computerized and automatically applies a load to a panel to be tested, reads and records deflection of the panel witho... | 12/16/1997 |
| 5589640 | Method for detecting changes in preload on a tie rod installed as part of a core shroud repair in a boiling water reactor In a boiling water reactor having a core shroud disposed within a reactor vessel and a plurality of tie rods installed between vertically spaced sites on the core shroud as part of a core shroud repair, a method of measuring tie rod preload after installa... | 12/31/1996 |
| 5569857 | Vehicle stress detecting and measuring method and stress detecting device using said method The present invention is intended to provide a stress detecting and measuring method wherein in order to measure a shearing strain alone associated with a stress acting in an intended direction, the stress being one of the stresses acting on an axle of a ... | 10/29/1996 |
| 5520057 | Test billet for use in press load test and load test method thereof The present invention has an object of simply and accurately measuring a load applied to a mechanical press. A test billet obtained from material of which the mechanical strength is uniform and which is finished precisely is placed on the press and presse... | 05/28/1996 |
| 5292481 | Crack propagation test specimen A crack propagation test specimen has a base metal and a clad metal. The base metal has an upper surface and a bottom surface with a hole extending from the bottom surface toward the upper surface. The cladding metal is supported on the upper surface of t... | 03/08/1994 |
| 4257265 | Self-stressed mode 1 fracture mechanics test piece Two radial cuts are made in a disc-shaped solid, the wedge (or sector) thereby produced is removed, and the exposed faces of the radial cuts are forced into contact with each other. By bonding (or welding) together the faces of the radial cuts, a self-str... | 03/24/1981 |
| 4199994 | System for monitoring the mechanical parameters of a pressure vessel An erect cylindrical pressure vessel, especially for a nuclear reactor, is constituted from cast-iron or cast-steel elements and is stressed by axially extending angularly spaced axial stressing elements and by axially circumferential peripheral stressing... | 04/29/1980 |
| 4107979 | Method and device for measurement of environmental stress cracking Environmental stress cracking of a given material is measured by a method comprising the steps of deforming a test piece of said material for thereby producing stress therein, placing the deformed test piece in a test environment, externally applying ther... | 08/22/1978 |
| 3969928 | Non-destructive testing method for determining a body's mechanical properties and stresses The mechanical properties within a part are determined as a function of depth in a non-destructive manner by punching the body with a series of punches having different radii of curvature. Using a plastic criterion with the data obtained the elastic limit... | 07/20/1976 |
| 3969930 | Testing viscoelastic solids An apparatus and method for testing viscoelastic solids, such as tire cord. The apparatus includes: a holding means, a pretension means, a displacement generator, and a mechanical-electrical transforming means. The holding means holds the material in a pr... | 07/20/1976 |
| 3956926 | Stress measuring apparatus An apparatus for measuring the stress changes in an underground formation or in concrete or other structures such as bridges, tunnels or the like which includes a sensor unit having a stress or pressure sensitive element exposed to the area under measurem... | 05/18/1976 |
