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CASAGRANDE SHEAR TEST APPARATUS [1 record]

Record 1 2005-01-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Soil Mechanics (Engineering)
  • Soil Tests (Construction)
OBS

Direct shear tests ... In the device of Fig. 4.24a, this is done by placing the sample in two superimposed boxes, one of which is movable.

OBS

Arthur Casagrande, one of the great civil engineers ... of this century ... developed ... the direct shear apparatus.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mécanique des sols
  • Essais du sol (Construction)
DEF

Cellule dans laquelle est placé l'échantillon de sol qu'on veut soumettre à l'essai de cisaillement rectiligne.

CONT

[...] la boîte de cisaillement [...] se compose de deux boîtes rectangulaires, sans fond, placées l'une au-dessus de l'autre, et dans lesquelles est enfermé l'échantillon du terrain à étudier, avec une section horizontale S au niveau du joint des boîtes.

Spanish

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