... An explicit focus on safety first can help accelerate the adoption of robotics and intelligent automation technology across many sectors of the economy. The safety-to-autonomy approach to introducing automation in the workplace provides a glide path that allows businesses to leverage...

... with Multipurpose Elite, we have successfully realized the automation of fracture toughness test procedures for single-edge bend [SE(B)] test specimens based on ASTM E1820-11 and BSI 7448. The software offers the option to use either load-line displacement (LLD) or crack mouth opening displacement (CMOD...

... this pressing need for an automated fault-measurement method based on pavement profile data to reduce the risk associated with manual faulting measurements, the authors developed an automated faulting measurements (AFM) module in the profile viewing and analysis tool (ProVAL), to allow practical application...

... An automated variable amplitude fatigue crack growth system has been developed using digital signal processing (DSP) technology to provide waveform generation, command-feedback verification, and crack growth monitoring. The system is designed to interface with existing analog or digital closed...

... High-resolution automated measurement of the geotechnical and geoacoustic properties of soil at the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is performed with a state-of-the-art multi-sensor whole-core logging device. The device takes measurements, directly through intact sample-tube wall, of p-wave...

... There has been considerable interest in automation of geotechnical laboratory testing over the past 20 years, particularly since the introduction of the personal computer. Several papers have been written describing various systems for automating different tests. However, it is not clear how...

... This paper presents the current state of the art in automated laboratory testing used to evaluate the stress-strain-strength properties of soils. The authors draw on their own experience in automated testing, as well as summarizing the results of a literature search. The paper first presents...

... Automated geotechnical testing has been available in some form for about 30 years. Tens of papers have been written by researchers describing various types of automated equipment and illustrating their function. Few if any of these papers address the practical issues of using automated testing...

... In the validation of automated systems for the pharmaceutical and health care industries, assurance of compliance with applicable regulations is accomplished through a well designed validation program. The program must be designed to provide documented evidence that automated systems (hardware...

... initiation and growth from the various sites. Typically the crack initiation and crack growth would be measured either visually or with a low-power microscope. This technique is accurate, but it is labor-intensive. To decrease the time necessary to obtain multiple-site crack growth rate data, an automated...

... (FCGR) curves in near-threshold regime for ASTROLOY at 20 and 400°C under ultrasonic fatigue testing are published. ultrasonic fatigue vibratory fatigue high-cycle fatigue automation automated fatigue testing data acquisition computer control system test automation fracture (materials...

... With minimal simplifying assumptions and approximations, an automated version of the spectral analysis of surface waves (SASW) method has been developed to determine in situ shear wave velocity profiles of soil deposits. Testing time for each site, including collection of data, construction...

... Automation of mechanical testing began about 20 years ago with the addition of computers to provide automatic data acquisition and reduction for tensile tests. This paper will review developments in automated testing, with attention to some particular areas of interest or concern. The computer...

... A number of issues and problems were encountered in the course of installing an automated tension testing machine and linking it to a Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS). Difficulty was encountered in having software written to correctly calculate certain mechanical properties...

... to the measurement of closure, crack shape, and to automation of small-crack testing. automation crack propagation displacements fatigue materials fracture mechanics interferometry lasers mechanical properties microcracks short cracks small cracks test methods William N. Sharpe, Jr., 1 Jay R...

... in much less time. This paper discusses the design of this software (referred to as SMART ), its application to realworld laboratory situations, and suggestions for future improvements. GC/MS data system autosampler automation quality control John T. DeWald,1Charles A. Koch2 AN ADVANCED...

... A computer-controlled system consisting of a servohydraulic test machine, an in-house designed test controller, and a desktop computer has been developed for performing automated fracture toughness and fatigue crack growth testing both in the laboratory and in hot cells for remote testing...

... Automated data acquisition is a necessity for characterizing composite materials due to the nonlinearities associated with matrix-dominated properties and measurement of multiple strains. A low-cost data acquisition system based on a Zenith 286 PC-compatible computer has been developed...

... and the temperature is changed every half cycle while maintaining constant mechanical strain. elevated temperature fatigue stainless steel thermomechanical fatigue creep fatigue computer controlled fatigue testing automation fatigue testing fracture testing Wendell B. Jones, 1 David T. Schmale, t...

... An automated fatigue and fracture toughness testing control system is described that is based on a Sun 3/180 workstation computer running under the UNIX operating system. Real-time difficulties associated with UNIX have been overcome with a unique combination of software and modified data...