{"id":106,"date":"2015-02-03T16:44:05","date_gmt":"2015-02-04T00:44:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/gpa\/?page_id=106"},"modified":"2015-02-13T10:41:26","modified_gmt":"2015-02-13T18:41:26","slug":"large-triaxial-plane-strain-apparatus","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/gpa\/experimental-facilities\/large-triaxial-plane-strain-apparatus\/","title":{"rendered":"Large Triaxial &amp; Plane Strain Apparatus"},"content":{"rendered":"<hr \/>\n<p>These large triaxial and plane strain devices were constructed in the Rockfill Test Facility of the University of California, Berkeley in the late 1960s to study the effects of particle size on the shear strengths of sands, gravels, and rockfills.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_726\" style=\"width: 216px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/gpa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/02\/Lab-Equipment-P01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-726\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-726\" src=\"http:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/gpa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/02\/Lab-Equipment-P01-206x300.jpg\" alt=\" The triaxial specimen is 3 feet in diameter by 7.5 feet high. The chamber, which is being lowered over the test specimen, is designed for cell pressures of 750 psi. Materials with particles as large as 6 inches can be tested in this device.\" width=\"206\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/gpa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/02\/Lab-Equipment-P01-206x300.jpg 206w, https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/gpa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/02\/Lab-Equipment-P01-103x150.jpg 103w, https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/gpa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/02\/Lab-Equipment-P01.jpg 497w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 206px) 100vw, 206px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-726\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The triaxial specimen is 3 feet in diameter by 7.5 feet high. The chamber, which is being lowered over the test specimen, is designed for cell pressures of 750 psi. Materials with particles as large as 6 inches can be tested in this device.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_727\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/gpa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/02\/Lab-Equipment-P02.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-727\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-727\" src=\"http:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/gpa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/02\/Lab-Equipment-P02-300x210.jpg\" alt=\"This plane strain specimen is 2 feet by 4.5 feet in plan dimension, and 4.5 feet high. Materials with particles as large as 4 inches can be tested in this device.\" width=\"300\" height=\"210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/gpa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/02\/Lab-Equipment-P02-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/gpa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/02\/Lab-Equipment-P02-214x150.jpg 214w, https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/gpa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/02\/Lab-Equipment-P02-150x105.jpg 150w, https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/gpa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/02\/Lab-Equipment-P02.jpg 712w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-727\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This plane strain specimen is 2 feet by 4.5 feet in plan dimension, and 4.5 feet high. Materials with particles as large as 4 inches can be tested in this device.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These large triaxial and plane strain devices were constructed in the Rockfill Test Facility of the University of California, Berkeley in the late 1960s to study the effects of particle size on the shear strengths of sands, gravels, and rockfills.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":69,"featured_media":0,"parent":34,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-twocolumns-left.php","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-106","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/gpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/106","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/gpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/gpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/gpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/69"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/gpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=106"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/gpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/106\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/gpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/34"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/gpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}