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The direct shear apparatus was developed for soil testing because it reproduced the shear failure surfaces that formed a part of the failure mechanism of many geotechnical systems. Typical shear tests on dense sands show a softening load:displacement response which is associated with significant volumetric expansion. While shear localisations can be detected from discontinuities in marker layers,...
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