Laboratoire Central Des Ponts Et Chaussees

Philippe Reiffsteck

The device comprises a corer ( ) fitted with a flexible diaphragm ( ) on its inside face, means ( ) for driving the corer into the soil ( ), means for breaking up the soil leaving the top orifice of the corer, means for applying axial forces on the diaphragm ( ) and on the top face of the soil sample ( ) contained in the corer, and means for measuring stresses and deformations to which the sample ( ) is subject. While a measurement is being performed, the corer is held stationary in the soil ( ).

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Fontenay aux Roses, France

Philippe Reiffsteck