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Cylinder tests: experimental technique and results

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In the present report the research work carried out and the experimental results obtained at ENEL-CRIS* and ISMES† laboratories are reported in order to illustrate the apparatus and techniques involved in multiaxial tests on cylindrical specimens. All specimens were cylindrical, diameter 160 mm, height 320 mm. Tests were carried out in two triaxial chambers: (i) a compression-compression triaxial chamber (C−C), suitable for the independent application of a lateral confining pressure, as well as of an axial compression load; and (ii) a compression-tension triaxial chamber (C-T), suitable for the independent application of a lateral confining pressure, as well as a direct axial tension load.

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    R. Bellotti & P. Rossi

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ENEL-CRIS: Italian National Electricity Board, Hydraulic and Structural Research Center, Via Ornato, 90/14 Milan, Italy.

ISMES: Experimental Institute for Models and Structures, Viale G. Cesare, 29 Bergamo, Italy.

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Bellotti, R., Rossi, P. Cylinder tests: experimental technique and results. Materials and Structures 24, 45–51 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02472681

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