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Title: Tensiometer, drive probe for use with environmental testing equipment, and methods of inserting environmental testing equipment into a sample

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1175434

A method of inserting a tensiometer into a sample, comprises providing a drive probe configured to be engaged by direct push equipment; supporting a porous member from the drive probe; and driving the drive probe into the sample using a cone penetrometer. A tensiometer comprises a drive probe configured to be engaged by direct push equipment or a cone penetrometer; a porous member supported by the drive probe; and a pressure sensor in pressure sensing relation to the porous member.

Research Organization:
Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC07-99ID13727
Assignee:
Bechtel BWXT Idaho, LLC (Idaho Falls, ID)
Patent Number(s):
6,920,780
Application Number:
10/376,153
OSTI ID:
1175434
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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