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for projects on the <strong>behaviour</strong> <strong>of</strong> unbound granular materials by many researchers,<br />

among whom Lekarp in 1997 and Werkmeister in 2003. The principal components <strong>of</strong><br />

the repeated load triaxial apparatus analysed in this section are illustrated in Figure<br />

8.6.1:1.<br />

Figure 8.6.1:1 Repeated load triaxial apparatus (Boyce 1976).<br />

The loading system is a hydraulic servo-controlled system, in which both axial load and<br />

confining pressure are applied to the specimen in a triaxial cell by hydraulic actuators.<br />

The axial load is applied by a 50.8 mm diameter hydraulic actuator, capable <strong>of</strong> applying<br />

a deviator stress <strong>of</strong> up to 1,200 kPa on samples <strong>of</strong> 150 mm diameter and 300 mm height,<br />

at frequencies up to 16 Hz. The axial load is monitored continuously by a load cell. The<br />

electronic control system compares the output from the load cell with a load applied to<br />

the servo-valve on the actuator in order to adjust the applied load to that required.

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