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Direct Shear Apparatus (Electrical)

Mechnotech India offers Direct Shear Apparatus (Electrical) for measurement of soil shear strength. The shear strength of soil is the maximum resistance that it can offer to any stress on it. Every building or structure, which is founded in or on the earth, imposes loads on the soil that support the foundation. The stresses set up in the soil causes deformations of the soil. One stress failure is caused by slipping of soil particles one on another, which may lead to the sliding of one body of soil relative to the surrounding mass. The process is known as shear failure and occurs when shear stresses set up in soil mass exceed the maximum shear resistance, which the soil can offer, i.e., its shear strength. The electrical direct shear apparatus measures the shear strength. This is also available as hand operated (single speed) apparatus in model MTS-129.