ABSTRACT
In this work, results from a series of multi-stage, suction-controlled ring shear tests conducted on statically compacted samples of silty sand are presented. The tests were accomplished in a fully servo/suction-controlled RS apparatus suitable for unsaturated soil testing via the axis-translation technique. A detailed description of its development, including main components, calibration, and its performance verification against a standard Bromhead device, is presented by Hoyos et al. (2011).
