AN INSTRUMENTATION SYSTEM FOR MEASURING STRESS-STRAIN RELATIONSHIPS OF SOIL,

Abstract

An instrumentation system for collecting and analyzing data on stress-strain relationships of the soil was designed and constructed. The field portion of the system consists of a shearmeter and two penetrometers for measuring the effects of horizontal and vertical loading of the soil, respectively. These units, hydraulically operated, are mounted on the rear unit of a Polecat, an articulated tracked vehicle. Test runs are recorded in the field of magnetic tape. A general-purpose data-processing system for laboratory installation has also been provided to permit magnetic-tape playback on the test runs, and conversion to digital form for insertion into a digital computer. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1961
Accession Number
AD0269075

Entities

People

  • Irvin J. Sattinger
  • Sidney Sternick

Organizations

  • University of Michigan

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Computers
  • Computing Devices
  • Conversion
  • Data Processing
  • Digital Computers
  • Instrumentation
  • Magnetic Tape
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Penetrometers
  • Physical Properties
  • Playback
  • Stress Strain Relations
  • Stresses
  • Tapes
  • Tracked Vehicles

Fields of Study

  • Agricultural and Food sciences

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Computer Science/Computer Engineering/Data Science/Digital Signal Processing.
  • Pavement Materials Engineering.