• A penetrometer is a device to test the strength of a material. There are many types of penetrometer designed to be used on soil. They are usually round...
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    The cone penetration or cone penetrometer test (CPT) is a method used to determine the geotechnical engineering properties of soils and delineating soil...
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  • The lunar penetrometer was a spherical electronic tool that served to measure the load-bearing characteristics of the Moon in preparation for spacecraft...
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    transmit. The spacecraft was equipped with a mechanical soil-measuring penetrometer, a dynamograph, and a radiation densitometer for obtaining data on the...
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    process consists of a visual inspection and the use of a tool called a penetrometer which measures the soil's resistance to penetration. The inspection is...
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    fluorescence spectrometer, a screw drill and surface sampler, a dynamic penetrometer, and a seismometer to conduct investigations on the surface. The list...
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  • measuring the liquid limit is the fall cone test, also called the cone penetrometer test. It is based on the measurement of penetration into the soil of...
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    temperature sensors BISIN conductometer / tiltmeter mechanical sensors (penetrometer, UIU accelerometer, sensors on hopping mechanism) "DAS" (long-lived autonomous...
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    operations. 24th STS was so frequently tasked with the mission of using a penetrometer to ensure the soil could support the weight of the Combat Talons carrying...
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    fluorescence spectrometer, an RT-1 X-ray telescope, a PrOP odometer/penetrometer, a RV-2N radiation detector, and a TL laser retroreflector. An urban...
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