The invention relates to an indoor
rock mechanics testing device, in particular to a rock
hollow cylinder torsion shear apparatus capable of realizing complex
stress path, and belongs to the technical field of
geotechnical engineering techniques. The torsion shear apparatus comprises a base, a sleeve, a lower pressure head, an upper pressure head, a
piston, an upper seat, a head cover, a connecting rod and a torsion device. The rock
hollow cylinder torsion shear apparatus disclosed by the invention has the advantages that the puzzle that the
stress path of the rock indoor testing device is single is solved;
axial force, inner confining pressure, outer confining pressure and torque can be loaded on a
rock sample separately or together; the defect that the four external forces interfere with one another during loading is overcome; the magnitude variation of
principal stress or the rotating
stress path of the principal axis of stress can be simulated; the rock
hollow cylinder torsion shear apparatus is reasonable in structure, easy to manufacture, easy to operate, accurate in measuring
system and high in
automation degree and can be used for indoor tests of rock complex loading paths.