A comprehensive research program of direct shear tests was carried out on Ipanema Beach Sand, inspired by Simões (2015). The tests were carried out on specimens in dry condition, prepared in six different domains of relative density (Dr), from very loose to very dense. For each Dr domain, tests were performed under ten different values of nominal normal stress, ranging from 25 to 1250 kPa. In all tests, a device developed to prevent the rotation of the top cap was used. The large number and variety of tests allowed a detailed analysis of how the characteristics of the Shear stress over normal stress versus relative horizontal displacement curves and top cap vertical displacement versus relative horizontal displacement curves varied with CR and normal stress variations, especially the peak friction angle and the vertical displacement of the top cap at failure, showing contraction or dilation at failure. The angle of friction at constant volume of the Ipanema Beach Sand seems to be situated between 30 and 32 degrees. A curve relating critical void ratio and critical nominal normal stress was obtained from the direct shear tests run on Ipanema Beach Sand, being analogous to the critical state line proposed by Lee and Seed (1967). Moreover, the high frequency of data acquisition made explicit the phenomenon known as stickslip in the obtained curves, showing that the amplitude of the phenomenon is greater the smaller the nominal normal stress.