 This allows investigation of stress paths not capable of being generated in axisymmetric triaxial test machines, which can be useful in studies of cemented sands and anisotropic soils.The test cell is cubical, and there are six separate plates applying pressure to the specimen, with LVDTs reading movement of each plate.Pressure in the third direction can be applied using hydrostatic pressure in the test chamber, requiring only 4 stress application assemblies.