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Resonant column system for unsaturated soil

Model:           Controls AAX00274

Room:           Geotech Lab (G-05)

Reference:    LE-010

Description:

Combined resonant column/torsional shear device for the automatic determination of damping ratio from half power bandwidth and free vibration decay method.

Features:

  • Confining pressure up to 1000kPa
  • 10 channels signal conditioning and data recording
  • Maximum torque: 1,2 Nm
  • Maximum angular deformation: 10°
  • Frequency range from 0 to 300Hz (for resonant column test) and from 0 to 50Hz (for torsional shear test)

 

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National Research Facility for Infrastructure Sensing

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Cambridge, CB3 0FA

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