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Detached rock evaluation device

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OSTI ID:865910

A rock detachment evaluation device (10) having an energy transducer unit 1) for sensing vibrations imparted to a subject rock (172) for converting the sensed vibrations into electrical signals, a low band pass filter unit (12) for receiving the electrical signal and transmitting only a low frequency segment thereof, a high band pass filter unit (13) for receiving the electrical signals and for transmitting only a high frequency segment thereof, a comparison unit (14) for receiving the low frequency and high frequency signals and for determining the difference in power between the signals, and a display unit (16) for displaying indicia of the difference, which provides a quantitative measure of rock detachment.

Research Organization:
National Energy Technology Laboratory, Pittsburgh, PA, and Morgantown, WV
Assignee:
United States of America as represented by Secretary of Interior (Washington, DC)
Patent Number(s):
US 4598588
OSTI ID:
865910
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English