ISSN: 1945-7545
CODEN: GTJODJ
Page Count: 6

A Resistance Wire Transducer for Circumferential Strain Measurement in Triaxial Tests

Skopek, P
AGRA Earth & Environmental, Edmonton, Alberta

Cyre, GP
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta

Abstract

A resistance wire transducer was designed to measure circumferential deformation of a partially saturated triaxial specimen. It utilizes for the measurement changing output voltage in a resistance wire transducer wound around the specimen as it bulges, i.e., increases in circumference. This circumferential change can be converted into lateral deformation. The proposed transducer is very small, so it is possible to mount several of them along the height of a specimen and monitor accurately its changing cross sections. The volume of the specimen at any recording time can be calculated from the deformed cross section and axial deformation. The resistance wire transducer is a simple device whose principle provides the potential for a broad spectrum of analogous applications.

Keywords:
triaxial tests, partially saturated soils, strain measurement, lateral displacement, volume change measurement, instrumentation

Paper ID: GTJ10126J
DOI: 10.1520/GTJ10126J
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