Abstract: A probe for monitoring groundwater flow seepage velocity and direction has an electrical heater and a plurality of temperature sensors located equidistant from the heater. The probe with the heater and temperature sensors is lowered into a monitoring well and positioned so as to be immersed in the groundwater. Energy is sent to the heater, and the temperature response at the temperature sensors is measured and recorded. From the measured response to temperature, the groundwater flow velocity and direction are computed and recorded. The temperature sensors may be resistance temperature detectors, thermocouples, or any other state-of-the-art temperature sensing device.

Abstract: An improved apparatus is disclosed for measuring the adhesive bond strength etween two materials. A short, cylindrical specimen (28) having a test surface of one material is attached to a rigid base (12) on which a slide (16) is mounted on preloaded rollers (22) for movement along a pair of tracks (14) provided on the base. Above the specimen, a rigid mold block (36) is supported on an axially extending arm (24) formed integrally with the slide (16). The peripheries (32, 38) of the specimen and the mold block are essentially aligned so that seal ring (50) may be moved into engagement with a narrow gap formed between the specimen and the mold block. The second material, whose adhesive bond to the first material is to be determined, is introduced into the volume defined between the mold block and the specimen and caused or allowed to solidify there.