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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2013
Filed:
May. 12, 2011
David C Young, Long Beach, MS (US);
Andrei Abelev, McLean, VA (US);
Philip J Valent, Slidell, LA (US);
David C Young, Long Beach, MS (US);
Andrei Abelev, McLean, VA (US);
Philip J Valent, Slidell, LA (US);
The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
System and method for measuring shear strength and viscosity of sediments that extends both the maximum rotational rate attainable and the maximum torque sustainable, and includes a high data acquisition rate and data storage. Also a method of making an apparatus, and method of using the apparatus for accurately measuring, peak, evolution, and residual values of the undrained shear strength, yield, and viscous and plastic flow characteristics of cohesive sediments at various pre-set and variable values of the rotational velocity of a vane sensor.