Design of a triaxial compression cell for x-ray tomography

This repository contains the technical drawings of the triaxial compression setup developed and used in the PhD thesis "Experimental investigation of the effects of particle shape and friction on the mechanics of granular media" by Gustavo Pinzón (Université Grenoble Alpes).

The setup is a modification of the traditional setup used in geotechnical testing, presenting a sliding base on one of the ends, which allows the creation of a singular strain localisation region. The experimental setup is designed for in-situ testing inside the x-ray tomography cabin of Laboratoire 3SR, Grenoble, France.

 The Readme.md file contains further details on the structure of the repository and the materials of each component. Please refer to the PhD thesis here for further details not found in the Readme.md file. Additional information/data not included in this repository is available upon request.