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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2003
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:
Philippe Reiffsteck, Fontenay aux Roses, FR;
Assignee:
Laboratoire Central des Ponts et Chaussees, Paris, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 3/08 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 3/08 ;
Abstract
The device comprises a corer ( ) fitted with a flexible diaphragm ( ) on its inside face, means ( ) for driving the corer into the soil ( ), means for breaking up the soil leaving the top orifice of the corer, means for applying axial forces on the diaphragm ( ) and on the top face of the soil sample ( ) contained in the corer, and means for measuring stresses and deformations to which the sample ( ) is subject. While a measurement is being performed, the corer is held stationary in the soil ( ).