Development of Cost-Effective Automated Soil Testing Equipment and Associated Stereo-Photogrammetric Technique for Geotechnical Engineering Courses

一台自动土壤测试机和一台配套的立体声音响- 本科教学用摄影测量装置 水平土力学，土力学实验室，岩土工程 将开设土木工程和土木结构设计课程。 为使用设备而设计的具体实验包括 三轴试验、固结试验、模型基础调查，以及 土-包裹体相互作用研究 据信，这种微- 电脑控制的土壤试验机，并附有立体声， 摄影测量能力将提供至少两个主要的 改进现有设备：（1）让学生接触 最新的电子控制和传感技术适用于 土力工程;及（2）提高学生对 变形演化对于地基相关的 问题.

An automated soil testing machine and an associated stereo- photogrammetric device for instructional use in the undergraduate level soil mechanics, soil mechanics laboratory, geotechnical engineering, and design of earth structures courses will be developed. Specific experiments designed for the use of equipment include triaxial test, consolidation test, model footing investigation, and soil-inclusion interaction study. It is believed that this micro- computer-controlled soil testing machine with accompanied stereo- photogrammetric capability would provide at least two major improvements over existing equipment: (1) exposing students to the up-to-date electronic control and sensing techniques applicable to geotechnical engineering, and (2) enhancing students' appreciation of the importance of deformation evolutions for a foundation-related problem.