A PRECISION TRIAXIAL CELL

THE PAPER DESCRIBES THE INING-2 PRECISION TRIAXIAL CELL. THE MAIN FEATURE OF THIS NEW APPARATUS IS THE SIMPLICITY OF ITS AXIAL LOAD MECHANISM WHEREBY THE LOAD IS TRANSMITTED TO THE SOIL SAMPLE BY A SYSTEM OF WIRES IN TENSION. THE AXIAL LOAD CAN BE ACCURATELY MEASURED AT ALL TIMES DURING A TEST BECAUSE THE FRICTION INHERENT IN THE LOADING MECHANISM IS LESS THAN THAT DEVELOPED IN OTHER KNOWN DESIGNS. THE MAGNITUDE OF THIS FRICTION IS NOT GREATLY AFFECTED BY THE HORIZONTAL LOAD INDUCED BY ECCENTRICITY OR LACK OF HOMOGENEITY IN THE SPECIMEN, AND IT IS PRACTICALLY INDEPENDENT OF CONFINING PRESSURE AND PROGRESS OF AXIAL DEFORMATION DURING A TEST. IN TESTS PERFORMED IN THE NEW CELL, THE ACCURACY OF MEASUREMENT OF AXIAL LOAD IN SAMPLES WITH A CROSS-SECTIONAL AREA OF 10 SQUARE CM IS PLUS OR MINUS 10 GM PER SQUARE CM. /AUTHOR/

• Corporate Authors:

  American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)

  100 Barr Harbor Drive, P.O. Box C700
  West Conshohocken, PA  United States  19428-2957
• Authors:
  • Santoyo, E
  • Resendiz, D
• Publication Date: 1971-12

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos; References;
• Pagination: p. 788-99
• Serial:
  • Journal of Materials
  • Volume: 6
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Axial loads; Compression; Friction; Soil tests; Triaxial shear tests
• Uncontrolled Terms: Triaxial testing machine
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00230105
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 16 1972 12:00AM