Temperature Controlled Cyclic Direct Shear Apparatus (THM)

THM Cyclic Direct Shear Apparatus

This series of stand-alone electromechanical cyclic shear testing devices are designed and manufactured to perform static and cyclic shear tests on soil under different temperature conditions.

Many tests require temperature controlling of specimen either for high temperature or for low temperatures and this requires new designed system which would be able to avoid any temperature gradient in sample during tests and make a unique constant temperature condition for the period of testing.

The system can be customised in variety test conditions e.g. Static or Cyclic loads with electro-mechanical motor, different sample sizes either in simple shear or direct shear test format, Low temperature tests or/and high temperature tests which all can be configured together to meet the test requirements.

The temperature controlling system can control the temperature of sample in range of -30°C up to +200°C.


  • Features
  • Specifications
  • Upgrade Options
  • Software
  • Standards
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  • Super stiff construction
  • Static or cyclic loads in different ranges
  • Electromechanical loading system to cover all required loads and frequencies
  • 2 number of rigid bars built into system to maintain rigidity of machine
  • Low temperature from ambient down to -30 °C degree
  • High Temperature from Ambient up to +200 °C degree
  • Combined low/High temperature from -30 °C up to +200 C degree
  • High quality and low friction double linear guides used to ensure strength and alignment without tilting in normal and shear directions
  • Ethernet connection for fast data transferring to PC
  • Safety functions to prevent overload and overtravel
  • Direct operation of the device by a PC with controlling software (communication protocol is available)
  • Different types of loading waveform can be given to the sample e.g. Sinusoidal, Square, Triangular, Haversine, Saw Tooth, Inverted Saw Tooth, Rectangle, and User Defined wave forms.
  • High speed dynamic controller for cyclic tests for monitoring of measured values and test procedures (2,5KHz or 10 KHz)
  • Real-time data and graph display

 

Load type

Electromechanical

Normal force

5kN / 10kN

Shear force

5 kN / 10kN

Frequency

5Hz / 10Hz

Temperature range

-30°C up to +200°C

Resolution

0.00002 kN

Accuracy class

0.1 %

Accuracy class

0.1 %

Resolution

0.00001 kN

Vertical displacement

50mm / 100mm

Shear displacement

25 mm / 40mm

Resolution

0.0001 mm

Accuracy class

0.1 %

Computer Interface

Ethernet

  • Bender Element Test Package
  • Extension package for Simple shear test
  • Extension package for temperature gradient tests
  • Load Calibration Kit
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