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Chapter 4 LABORATORY TESTING<br />

FOR SOILS<br />

Figure 4.5 Bishop Direct Shear Box<br />

Triaxial Test<br />

The triaxial apparatus has been described in great detail by Bishop <strong>and</strong> Henkel (1962). The test<br />

specimen<br />

is normally a cylinder with an aspect ratio of two,<br />

which is sealed on its sides by a rubber<br />

membrane attached by rubber ‘O’<br />

rings to a base pedestal<br />

<strong>and</strong> top cap<br />

(Fig. 4.6). Water pressure<br />

inside the<br />

cell provides the horizontal principal total stresses,<br />

while the vertical pressure at the top<br />

4-12<br />

March 2009

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