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Interdisciplinary Centre for infrastructure sensors and instrumentation
 

Direct shear system

    

Model:           VJ Tech ShearSCAN 2
Room:           Geotechnical Lab (G-29)
Reference:    LE-011

Description: 
Pneumatic tabletop shear box to perform testsconforms to BS1377-7, ASTM D3080-04 & AS1289.6.2.2.

Key Features:

  • Vertical Load: up to 10 kN
  • Horizontal Shear Force: up to 5 kN
  • Horizontal travel: 21 mm

 

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Civil Engineering Building

National Research Facility for Infrastructure Sensing

7a JJ Thomson Avenue

Cambridge, CB3 0FA

United Kingdom

Enquiries: enquiries@nrfis.cam.ac.uk

Reception: civeng-reception@eng.cam.ac.uk

NRFIS has been funded by:

 

UK Collaboration for Research in Infrastructure & Cities (UKCRIC)

NRFIS is part of the UK Collaboratorium for Research in Infrastructure & Cities (UKCRIC) portfolio of research and innovation facilities.

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