DISCUSSION ON "DESIGN, MANUFACTURE AND PERFORMANCE OF A LATERAL STRAIN DEVICE" BY EL-RUWAYIH, AA

A lateral strain caliper for automatically measuring the change in diameter of uniaxial and triaxial test specimens is described. The caliper opening is bridged by a miniature water-submersible displacement transducer of the inductance type. The caliper is positioned around the middle of the test specimen which is lightly held by two pads fixed on the inside of the caliper. The pads are located on opposite ends of the diameter normal to that passing through the hinge. Any change in diameter of the test specimen causes a corresponding amplified change in the caliper opening which is continuously measured by the transducer. On monitoring 100 mm diameter test specimens on a three-figure indicator, lateral strains of the order of 0.005% may be discerned. /TRRL/

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• Corporate Authors:

  Institution of Civil Engineers

  One Great George Street, Westminster
  London,   United Kingdom  SW1P 3AA
• Authors:
  • Menzies, B K
• Publication Date: 1976-9

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Photos; References;
• Pagination: p. 542-544
• Serial:
  • GEOTECHNIQUE
  • Volume: 26
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: Thomas Telford Limited
  • ISSN: 0016-8505

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Deformation; Diameter; Measurement; Measuring instruments; Mechanical tests; Performance; Soil mechanics; Strain gages; Structural analysis; Transducers; Triaxial shear tests
• Uncontrolled Terms: Side
• Old TRIS Terms: Uniaxial testing
• ITRD Terms: 6155: Apparatus (measuring); 5595: Deformation; 6136: Measurement; 6402: Radius; 9074: Side; 5755: Soil mechanics; 5562: Strain gauge; 5573: Stress analysis; 6140: Transducer; 5566: Triaxial
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00145413
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Report/Paper Numbers: Analytic
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 27 1977 12:00AM