Lockheed Martin Energy Research Corporation

Robert N Nodine

David L Beshears

Jeffrey D Muhs

Matthew Bligh Scudiere

John K Jordan

John V LaForge

Gary J Capps

Cliff P White

Steven A Wallace

Carl W Sohns

This system and method of operation weighs and characterizes a moving vehicle traveling on a roadway. The moving vehicle travels across a weight transducer and first and second switching devices. The transducer provides a first set of output signals indicative of vehicle tire loading. The switching devices provide second output signals indicative of vehicle speed and characterization. Processor means receive the first and second output signals and characterize the vehicle; calculate the vehicle speed and calculate the vehicle weight by integrating the second output signals and combining with the vehicle speed.

System and methods for accurately weighing and characterizing moving

System and method for accurately weighing and characterizing moving

A load sensing system inexpensively monitors the weight and temperature of stored nuclear material for long periods of time in widely variable environments. The system can include an electrostatic load cell that encodes weight and temperature into a digital signal which is sent to a remote monitor via a coaxial cable. The same cable is used to supply the load cell with power. When multiple load cells are used, vast inventories of stored nuclear material can be continuously monitored and inventoried of minimal cost.

Load sensing system

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Knoxville, TN, United States of America

Robert N Nodine