Soi

lTest
ingEqui
pment

Tr
iaxi
alTestAppar
atus
Make:LabTek
Model
:SUN-
SL-
003
Or
igi
n:I
ndi
a
St
andar
ds:ASTM D2850,D4767,D7181;AASHTO T-
297;BS1377-
7,BS1377-
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Deter miningt hemechani calpr oper ti
esofsoi lsi saver yi mpor tantst ept odesignf oundat ions,
embankment sandot hersoi lstructur es .Bui l
dingconst ruct i
ons,ex cavat ions,tunnellingand
simi l
arappl icat ionshavesever aleffect sont hesubsoi lstructur esandt heseef f
ect sar e
successf ullysi mul atedwi thTr iaxialTest swher et hest ress-strainrelationofundi stur bedsoi l
speci menar ei nvestigatedbysubj ect ingt hesoi lsampl et odi f
ferentst resslevelsanddr ainage
condi ti
ons.
TheTr i
axialTestSyst em pr ovi desaut omat edtriaxialcompr essiont estsoncyl i
ndrical
undi sturbedandr emol dedsoi lsampl es .Unconsol idatedundr ained( UU) ,consolidat ed
drained( CD)andconsol idat edundr ained( CU)compr essiont est scanbeaut omat ical l
y
run,cont roll
edandr epor tedusi ngt hisappar atus .
Thist estisper formedi ntwost agesasbel ow.
Stage1:Thever t
icalst r
esswhi chisappl i
ed,f ormst hemaj orpr i
ncipalst ress.Theper pendi cul
arconf ini
ngpr essureformsthemi norpr
inci
pal
stress .
Stage2:Theaxi aldevi atorst ressi sappl iedt othesampl e,whi chbr ingsshearst r
esses .Thi sdevi atorst r
essi sappli
edalongaxialdir
ecti
onti
ll
thefai l
urehappensi nsoi l.Li mitingshearst r
essval ueinwhi cht hesoi lfail
salongapl anei scalledasshearst rengthofsoil
.
Tri
axi alTestSyst em f orUUTestsuppl iedcompl etewi th:
•Mul tiSpeedEl ectromechani cLoadFr ame
•LoadCel l,5kN
•TriaxialCel lfor38and50mm Sampl es Mul tiSpeedEl ectromechani cTestMachine
•TriaxialCel lfor70and100mm Sampl es Maxi mi um LoadCapaci t
y:5kN
•Blockf orPr essur eMeasur ementandDe- Ai
ring Infini t
esi malTest ingSpeed:0, 00001-6mm/ min
•Pressur eTr ansducer-2000kPa SpeedAccur acy:±0, 5%
•OilandWat erConst antPr essur eSyst em Ver ti
calDayl i
ght :0-790mm
•De- Airi
ngWat erTank,7L.andHose Di stanceBet weenCol umns:360mm
•TCM ReadoutUni tFeat ur i
ngSof t
war et oPer f
or m UUTr iaxialTest s BaseDi ameter :158mm
TCM ReadoutUni tFeat ur i
ngSof twar et oPer f
or m UUTr i
axialTest s(S4708) Di mensi ons:570x620x1180mm
•TCM ReadoutUni tFeat ur i
ngSof t
war et oPer f
or m CU-CDTr iaxialTests( S4709) Wei ght( appr ox):105kg

Tri
axialSoftwareisamodul arsoftwaret hatwhenanew t estwant edtodo,itdi rectstheuserstepbystep.Firstthesoftwarewantstoi
nput
init
ialmeasur ementssuchasdi ameter ,heigth,sampl ewei gthetc.Ont hi
sstaget heuserdecidesCUorCDt estwi l
lbedoneandenterscell
pressureincrementst eps,backpr essur edi f
ferenti
alpressur eandef f
ecti
vest resst hatwil
lbeusedonconsol i
dation.
TheCU- CDt ri
axialtestisacompl icatedt estneedsl oaddat a,diplacementdat a3pr essur
edatafrom tr
iaxialcel
landvol umechangedata.Load
dataanddi splacementdat aaret r
ansf eredandr ecordedt hroughTCM304Uni ttot hesoft
ware.3pressuredat afrom tr
iaxi
alcel
landvolume
changedat atransferedandr ecordedt hrought heuniloggert othesoftware.
Ont heshearst agedeviatorstress,por epr essure,ơ’versusơ’ 3ands’ver sust ’graphsaredrawn.4di f
ferenttestspecimencanbeconf igur
ed
i
nsamef i
le.Alltheresultsareusedf ordr awingmohrci rcles.Thedat aisevaluat edwi t
hrespecttospecimenshearendcondi ti
on.

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