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Consolidated Drained (CD) Triaxial Soil Test Equipment

A Consolidated Drained triaxial test (CD test) is a constant rate of strain shearing test performed with back pressure control on the sample (i.e. the back pressure valve is open).  The test must be performed sufficiently slow such that the sample can drain and therefore no excess pore pressures should build up.  For this reason a CD test is usually performed particularly slowly, particularly on samples of low permeability.  The sample has first been saturated and consolidated. Please note: Some apparatus may require additional components or software modules to perform certain tests.

The following soil test equipment can perform the Consolidated Drained (CD) Triaxial soil test:-

Environmental Triaxial Testing System
for consolidated drained (cd) triaxial soil test

Environmental Triaxial Automated System
for consolidated drained (cd) triaxial soil test

GDS Small-Strain Hollow Cylinder Apparatus
for consolidated drained (cd) triaxial soil test

Hydraulic Load Frames for Soil
for consolidated drained (cd) triaxial soil test

Virtual Infinite Stiffness Load Frames
for consolidated drained (cd) triaxial soil test

GDS Large Diameter Cyclic Triaxial Testing System
for consolidated drained (cd) triaxial soil test

Advanced Dynamic Triaxial Testing System
for consolidated drained (cd) triaxial soil test

GDS Enterprise Level Dynamic Triaxial Testing System
for consolidated drained (cd) triaxial soil test

Triaxial Automated System (Load Frame type)
for consolidated drained (cd) triaxial soil test

Triaxial Testing System (Automated Stress Path type)
for consolidated drained (cd) triaxial soil test