connect to shaft of 

 vane shear tower 



storage of two amplifiers 



dielectric fluid 



strain gages for measurement 

 of torque and axial load 



0-ring seal 



metal plug 



cone penetrometer or 

 vane shear adaptor 



\__ __^ max 



500 in.lb 



torque 



2000 lb 



max. axial load 



Figure 4. Cross-section of load cell (not to scale). 



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