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Introductory video on GDS Electro-Mechanical Dynamic Cyclic Simple Shear

Michael Bulley a QA & Test Engineer at GDS Instruments gives an overview of GDS' Electro-Mechanical Dynamic Cyclic Simple Shear Apparatus. More technical videos on the system are to follow.

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University of Dundee Variable Direction Dynamic Cyclic Simple Shear Case Study

Mr. Efthymios Apostolou and Dr. Andrew J. Brennan from the Civil Engineering department of the University of Dundee, planned to carry to out some advanced physical modelling techniques in the Universities centrifuge. However, before using large amounts of soil in a centrifuge model and testing it under earthquake motions, it is necessary to test the material under shearing to check its behaviour, in particular liquefaction.

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