DIRECT STRENGTH TEST

UNIAXIAL COMPRESSION TEST (UCT )

TRIAXIAL COMPRESSION TEST
SHEAR TEST
 UNIAXIAL COMPRESSION TEST (UCT)
 unconfined compression test
 unconfined rock
 sample preparation : coring, trimming, lapping
 sample (diameter 52mm) diameter : height , 1: 2≤
 uniaxial strain ɛ𝑎 , lateral strain ɛ𝑟 , Young’modulus E, Poisson Ratio V, stress σ𝑎

σ𝑎 ɛ𝑟
E= V=
ɛ𝑎 −ɛ𝑎
TRIAXIAL COMPRESSION TEST
 confined compression test
 confined rock
 sample preparation : coring, trimming, lapping
 sample (diameter 52mm) diameter : height , 1: 2≤ @ 2:3
 shear strength parameter discontinuities T 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ∅
DIFFERENCES UNIAXIAL AND TRIAXIAL
 UNIAXIAL : uniaxial strain ɛ𝑎 , lateral strain ɛ𝑟 ,
Young’modulus E, Poisson Ratio V, stress σ𝑎

 TRIAXIAL : shear strength parameter discontinuities T 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ∅

Graph of stress, σ𝑎 vs strain ,ɛ