DEVICE FOR DETERMINATION OF MATERIAL STRENGTH CHARACTERISTICS Russian patent published in 1994 - IPC

FIELD: geology. SUBSTANCE: strength meter is made in the form of dynamometer 13 with a loading handle, bar 1 has snap lock 2 in its lower part. Bedplate 3 and guide pin 4 are made on the bar lower end. Tubular guide 9 is mounted on the bar for telescopic movement on the bar, strength beams 10 with shaped rollers 11, provision is made for double-acting dynamometer, movable grips hinge-joined on the bedplate and made in the form of a lever, and a plate of invariable thickness secured on the free end of the latter, bent on a radius equal to the size of the lever and provided with a stiffening rib. EFFECT: enhanced accuracy of determination of soil strength characteristics. 3 dwg