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WO/2005/012866A2 |
An apparatus and method are provided for the in-situ measurement of the stiffness of a surface (12, 206.) The apparatus includes a platform (200, 220, 230, 250, 300), which is movable relative to the surface. A stiffness measurement devi...
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WO/2004/083531A2 |
An apparatus removes soil samples at intervals over a field of interest. The apparatus comprises a sampling assembly (60) that rotates on a track (32) riding on a plurality of idler wheels (29, 31). A probe (66) extends and retracts unde...
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WO/2004/071162A2 |
A system for collecting soil solution samples including a sampling device arranged to contact soil and coupled to a vacuum source, and a suction unit for automatically controlling pressure and time of operation of the vacuum source to pr...
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WO/2004/067955A1 |
The present invention describes a wind turbine stabilization apparatus and a method of operation thereof. The apparatus comprises a sensor unit with at least a first sensor (16) for measuring a ground water level. The signal of the senso...
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WO/2004/034351A2 |
A system adapted to determine a property of a paving-related material is provided. Such a system comprises a central computing system housing database, such as a geographic information system (GIS). A measuring device for selectively and...
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WO/2004/029406A1 |
Apparatus (1) for sampling and extracting solid or liquid/solids material includes a sampling section (2) adapted for connection to and communication with an extraction section (8), and a filter section (30) connectable to the extraction...
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WO/2004/027677A1 |
A system (804), method and computer program product (204, 208, 816) for source area contamination (300) data acquisition (806), analysis and processing. The invention leverages and expands direct sensing technology, knowledge and experie...
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WO/2004/013415A1 |
Discloses is a method for analyzing the soil, in which a borehole is drilled in order to take a measurement and/or a sample of the soil, a gas, and/or a liquid. The borehole is furnished with a pipe (1), the wall of which comprises at le...
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WO/2004/003301A1 |
In one aspect, the invention concerns a method of compacting soil which involves the steps of repeatedly raising a mass (28) above the soil surface and then dropping it to apply impacts to the soil surface. Indications of one or more ins...
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WO/2003/087746A2 |
A method for modeling material behavior includes using empirical three-dimensional non-uniform stress and strain data to train a self-organizing computational model such as a neural network (Fig. 15). A laboratory device for measuring no...
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WO/2003/087988A2 |
A method for modeling the interaction of granular material with equipment includes the steps of numerically representing the material with an array having a plurality of cells [Fig 1, item 10], determining which of the cells may be unsta...
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WO2002039143A9 |
The logging tool (55) of this invention includes a transmitter conveyed on a drilling collar (90) for exciting a quadruple signal in a borehole (26) being drilled by a drill bit and a receiver for receiving the signal. The transmitter (1...
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WO/2003/072908A2 |
Methods, apparatus, and systems for low-flow sampling of a fluid source. One illustrative embodiment of the invention is directed to a method for manually sampling a fluid source in a well, including exerting a downward pressure on a sam...
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WO/2003/056132A1 |
An underwater survey apparatus comprising a soil survey device (20), a deployment means (10) for deploying the soil survey device and/or locating the soil survey device adjacent to an underwater bed, and at least one anchor (40) to engag...
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WO/2003/056302A1 |
A soil or snow probe which incorporates a load cell in the probe head and also an accelerometer so that a vertical strength profile of the snow or soil can be established. The device does not need to be driven at a constant speed and can...
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WO/2003/054307A1 |
A percolation test apparatus comprises a water tank (12), a pipe (36) for directing water from the tank into a hole (20) in the ground, an on-off valve (32) for controlling the flow of water in the conduit, and a water level sensor (30) ...
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WO/2003/038197A1 |
The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for driving an elongated body into a floor (113) under a body of water wherein an impact or vibration generating device (103) is adapted to be arranged displaceable on a elongate...
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WO/2003/027716A1 |
System determines the liquefaction tendency of a water saturated soils (6) is provided in which a self-boring probe or driven probe having PCPT cone tip (7) with many expanding bladders (9) and contracting bladders (8), with or without a...
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WO/2003/012385A1 |
A pressure converter insusceptible to the error of hydraulic pressure introducing position or the interference of installation depth of water and producing a signal corresponding to the effective soil pressure accurately while realizing ...
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WO/2002/065094A2 |
The invention relates to a bottom plate (1) for lysimeters and to a method for closing lysimeters with a bottom plate. Bottom plates for lysimeters and methods for closing lysimeters, for example using perforated plates, are known in pri...
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WO/2002/040781A1 |
The invention relates to the building industry and relates to measures for stopping landslides. The inventive method consists in studying building ground by recording the natural impulse electromagnetic field of the Earth, calculating th...
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WO/2002/006793A1 |
The multifriction sleeve penetrometer attachment (10) provides the unique ability to obtain a plurality of sleeve friction measurements at each measurement depth within a single sounding. The attachment may also be sued in conjunction wi...
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WO/2002/006852A2 |
An object detection system (22) adapted for use on a motor vehicle (20) during backup operations is remotely programmable. Sensor parameters can be redefined at time of installation and can be made dependent on velocity. Alarm characteri...
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WO/2002/001008A1 |
A method and a system are proposed for optimal compaction of any (existing or constructed) soil base of a road, railway or the like with optimal examination of the soil base in real time, the system including one or more adjustable machi...
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WO/2001/033194A1 |
The invention concerns a core barrel (1, 4) equipped with a flexible membrane (2) on its internal surface, means (10) for driving the core barrel into the soil (11), means for disintegrating the soil coming out from the core barrel top o...
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WO/2000/028320A1 |
The invention concerns a method and an apparatus for measuring the load bearing capacity of a infrastructure platform (10) for transport and industrial floors. The apparatus comprises a wheel (2) borne by a body (3) mounted oscillating o...
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WO/2000/017622A1 |
Apparatus for measuring the energy absorption capacity of a substrate, comprises: a probe (1); means for driving the probe (1) into the substrate so that the probe (1) penetrates the substrate; measuring means (4, 8) arranged to take a p...
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WO/2000/017481A1 |
Device for driving a rigid elongate element such as a rod or tube in its longitudinal direction, comprising a frame, at least two engaging systems arranged on the frame which each comprise an endless flexible member provided with engagin...
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WO/2000/004238A1 |
The present invention is provided with an apparatus for taking a soil sample comprising a drill pipe, a first driving gear for introducing the drill pipe into the soil, a sampling bush which movably fits into the drill pipe and a second ...
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WO/1999/009261A1 |
A ground treatment device (10) is weighted to provide ground treatment by dropping the device onto the ground. The device (10) has a relatively narrow nose (12) which provides, in use, the point of first contact with the ground. The devi...
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WO/1998/057143A2 |
A single open ended testing cylinder (14) which is attached to wireline probe instrumented head (16) is positioned at the lower end of a conventional hollow-stem drilling auger (12) which is penetrated into the soil (A) therebelow. Durin...
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WO/1998/027445A1 |
The invention concerns a device for underground reconnaissance by means of a train of rods the lowest of which carries a tool, the rods (7) being articulated on one another and coiled about a reel (1), actuated by an alternating rectilin...
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WO/1998/003768A1 |
A soil-sampling tool (10) extends along a longitudinal axis and includes a barrel (15) having a soil-penetrating distal end (23), and a cap (21) for closing the end. the barrel has both a seal surface (121) spaced from the end and a tape...
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WO/1997/046789A1 |
The invention concerns a column closure cap and a method of preparing and carrying out column investigations using caps of this type, the method being applicable in particular for extracting undisturbed soil and rock samples for preparin...
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WO/1997/028432A1 |
The in-situ measurement of the shear modulus of a surface layer of soil (12) is performed by apparatus in which a contact foot (11) with a preselected downward bias force engages a defined area of a region of soil. A drive transducer (13...
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WO/1997/025484A1 |
In order to form an at least two-layer (5a, 9a) cladding as an entire item on an overhanging building structure, in which there is a plastic sealing layer (7a) between the layers, the layers (5a and 9a) are positively scraped over the se...
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WO/1997/000389A1 |
A data acquisition and control system and process for characterizing the subsurface geology of an excavation site, and for utilizing acquired data to optimize the production performance of a machine an earth penetrating member. A geologi...
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WO/1996/021772A1 |
A soil analysis and sampling system is provided with an outer tube (1) having near its outer end a part (3) with a decreased inside diameter and at its outer end a drilling head (1') having an opening in the centre; a series of extension...
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WO/1996/007111A1 |
A surface-mounted pH sensor provides continuous pH profiling with depth during standard cone penetration testing (CPT). The pH sensor includes at least two electrodes (20, 22), one being an antimony electrode and the other being a cerami...
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WO/1996/001360A1 |
A soil sampler (10) for taking soil samples at multiple locations around a vehicle is disclosed. The soil sampler (10) has a probe (82) for withdrawing soil samples from the ground. The probe (82) is suspended on a support structure or b...
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WO/1995/027911A1 |
There is provided a method and device for the testing of soil containing a contaminant having a volatile constituent. The method involves injecting a first fluid such as air while measuring the concentration of the volatile constituent u...
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WO/1995/022750A1 |
A lysimeter (1) comprises an elongated sample pipe (3) for positioning vertically in the ground. A circular lysimeter pan (7) extends horizontally from the sample pipe for collecting water moving through the ground. A collection chamber ...
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WO/1995/021302A1 |
A soil probing apparatus (10) includes a weight (18) which can be repeatedly dropped from a fixed height to drive a probe end member (42) into the ground using one or more driving rods (26). The probe end member (42) includes a ratchet (...
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WO/1995/018270A1 |
A pile driving rig (1) adapted for hammering piles (49) into the ground comprises: a rail post (3), a hammer means (10) guided by said rail post, said hammer means comprising drop load guide means, and a drop load (11) adapted for hammer...
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WO/1995/018289A1 |
Proposed is a drilling method in which comtaminants present in the soil are not forced down to greater depths during drilling operations. This is achieved by virture of the fact that a double-wall casing is inserted into the soil in fron...
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WO/1995/004870A1 |
An automatic soil sampler (10) removes soil samples (65) at known locations and transfers the samples to a packaging station (23) where the samples are packaged and identified. The packages (87) are left in a strip and moved to a contain...
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WO/1995/004450A1 |
An automatic soil sampler (10) removes soil samples (65) at known locations and transfers the samples to a packaging station (23) where the samples are packaged and identified. The packages (87) are left in a strip and moved to an analys...
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WO/1994/024538A1 |
Methods and apparatus for determining whether soil is satisfactorily compacted. An operator delivers impact energy to the soil, and the amount of impact energy transmitted through the soil is repeatedly sensed and stored. A modelling for...
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WO/1994/003682A1 |
In order to determine the consistency or nature of soil or sub-soil, or to be able to classify the soil or sub-soil, the permeability of the soil or sub-soil layers under examination is measured. This is done by measuring, as the key par...
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WO/1993/013399A1 |
An apparatus for use in gaging and indicating the magnitude of torque between a pair or rotatable members (14, 16) includes an elongated body (32) that is connected between the members (14, 16) so that torque transmitted between the memb...
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