DETERMINATION OF SPECIFIC GRAVITY

References
ASTM D854
AASHTO T100

TEST No. 1 2 3
Wieght of Flask, W1 61.50 72.05 71.80
Wt of flask + dry soil, W2 121.51 119.50 119.00
Wt of flask + Water+ soil, W3 351.90 348.70 350.50
Wt of flask + Water ,W4 321.15 319.80 321.20
Temprature Co
20 20 20
Specific Gravity (Gs) 2.05 2.56 2.64
Average 2.42
 RESULTS OF SIEVE ANALYSIS
References
ASTM D421 and D422
AASHTO T87 and T88

Weight of Dry Sample (gms) = 500

Washed Wieght (gms) = 421.5
Wt of soil retained on #200 sieve (gms) = 78.5

Cum. Wt
Diameter Wt Retained
Seive No. Retained % Retained % Passing
(mm) (gms)
(gms)
100.000 3.000 3.00 0.60 99.40
75.000 3.000 6.00 1.20 98.80
63.000 3.000 9.00 1.80 98.20
50.000 3.000 12.00 2.40 97.60
25.000 3.000 15.00 3.00 97.00
19.000 3.000 18.00 3.60 96.40
12.500 3.000 21.00 4.20 95.80
6.300 3.000 24.00 4.80 95.20
4 4.750 155.00 179.00 35.80 64.20 36.02
10 2.000 23.00 202.00 40.40 59.60
20 0.850 20.00 222.00 44.40 55.60
40 0.425 12.00 234.00 46.80 53.20
60 0.250 22.00 256.00 51.20 48.80
100 0.150 21.00 277.00 55.40 44.60
200 0.075 220.00 497.00 99.40 0.60 63.98

Texture Coarse
Description Sand
 HYDROMETER ANALYSIS
References
ASTM D421 and D422
AASHTO T87 and T88
Hydometer Analysis
Hydometer no. Gs of Solids 2.65
a 1.000 Dispersing Agent: NaPO3 (Calgon)
Amount: 4% in 125ml Wt. Of Soil, Ws 50 g
Zero Correction: 3.0 Meniscus correction 1.0

Actual Corrected Hyd.

Time Elapsed Hyd. Hyd. Corr.for
of time, Temprature, Reading, Reading, % meniscus
Date reading min. o
C Ra Rc Finer R
0 30.1
2 30.2 30 27.4 54.8 31.0
4 30.2 29 26.4 52.8 30.0
8 30.2 26 23.4 46.8 27.0
16 30.3 22 19.4 38.8 23.0
30 30.3 19 16.4 32.8 20.0
60 30.3 15 12.4 24.8 16.0
125 30.3 12 9.4 18.8 13.0
330 30.3 8.5 6.2 12.4 9.5
990 30.3 6.5 4.2 8.4 7.5
1410 30.4 3 1.0 2.0 4.0
2850 30.4 2 0.0 0.0 3.0

Gs 2.65

Temprature,
o
C gw h k CT
0 0.9998 0.01685 0.01768
4 1.00000 0.01567 0.01705
16 0.99897 0.01111 0.01435 -0.90
17 0.99880 0.01083 0.01417 -0.70
18 0.99862 0.01056 0.01399 -0.50
19 0.99844 0.01030 0.01382 -0.30
20 0.99823 0.01005 0.01365 0.00
21 0.99802 0.00981 0.01348 0.20
22 0.99780 0.00958 0.01332 0.40
23 0.99757 0.00936 0.01317 0.70
24 0.99733 0.00914 0.01301 1.00
25 0.99708 0.00894 0.01287 1.30
26 0.99682 0.00874 0.01272 1.65
27 0.99655 0.00855 0.01258 2.00
28 0.99627 0.00836 0.01244 2.50
29 0.99598 0.00818 0.01230 3.05
30 0.99568 0.00801 0.01217 3.80
IS

L K D, mm

11.2 0.01174 0.0278

11.4 0.01174 0.0198
11.9 0.01174 0.0143
12.5 0.01172 0.0104
13.0 0.01172 0.0077
13.7 0.01172 0.0056
14.2 0.01172 0.0039
14.7 0.01172 0.0025
15.1 0.01172 0.0014
15.6 0.01170 0.0012
15.8 0.01170 0.0009

-0.00019669
0.01433618

0.01900
0.01800
0.01700
0.01600
0.01500
0.01900
0.01800
0.01700
0.01600
0.01500
0.01400
0.01300
0.01200
0.01100
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35
 10

0
15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

2.75
15 0.25
-1.35
GRAIN SIZE ANALYSIS GRAIN SIZE DISTRIB
Gravel Sand
Diameter % 100.00
(mm) Passing
100.000 99.40 90.00
75.000 98.80 80.00
63.000 98.20
50.000 97.60 70.00
25.000 97.00 60.00
SIEVE ANALYSIS

19.000 96.40
50.00
12.500 95.80
6.300 95.20 40.00
4.750 64.20
30.00
2.000 59.60
0.850 55.60 20.00
0.425 53.20
10.00
0.250 48.80
0.150 44.60 0.00
100.000 10.000 1.000 0.10
0.075 0.60 PARTICLE SIZE
0.028 0.33
HYDROMETER ANALYSIS

0.020 0.32
0.014 0.28
0.010 0.23
0.008 0.20
0.006 0.15
0.004 0.11
0.002 0.07
0.001 0.05
0.001 0.01
0.001 0.00
GRAIN SIZE DISTRIBUTION CURVE

PERCENT FINER (%)

Sand Silt Clay

10.000 1.000 0.100 0.010 0.001 0.000

PARTICLE SIZE (mm)
 ATTERBERG LIMITS

PLASTIC LIMIT

References
ASTM D4318
AASHTO T89 & T90

TEST # 1 2 3
Wt of container (gm) 4.41 4.37 4.50
Wt of container + wet soil (gm) 10.22 14.50 15.00
Wt of container + dry soil (gm) 9.50 13.24 13.69
Wt of Water (gm) 0.72 1.26 1.31
Wt of Soil (gm) 5.09 8.87 9.19
Water content (%) 14.15 14.21 14.25
Plastic Limit (%) 14.20
Plasticity Index (LL - PL) #VALUE!
 45.00
Water content (%)

40.00

Experime
nt
35.00 Fitted
LL
Column N

30.00

25.00

20.00

15.00

10.00

5.00
10 100
Blow count, N

Page
 ATTERBERG LIMITS
LIQUID LIMIT

References
ASTM D4318
AASHTO T89 & T90

Weight
Water Water
Test Weight of Weight of can + of Blow
content content
number Can(g) wet soil (g) can+dry count
(%) fitted (%)
soil (g)

Wc Ww Wd N w
1 11.31 30.20 29.00 45 6.78 Err:502
2 11.32 35.50 31.50 31 19.82 Err:502
3 11.44 33.51 29.00 22 25.68 Err:502
4 11.45 33.60 27.00 15 42.44 Err:502
Liquid limit (%) = #VALUE!
Slope of flow line = 1.586
25 Err:502
25 #VALUE!

10 #VALUE!
25 #VALUE!

15
22
31
45
CONSOLIDATION TEST
References
ASTM D2435
AASHTO T216
Load multiplication ratio 10
Ring dimentions:Diam (mm) 50 Area, A 1963.50 Ht. (mm) 20
Initial ht. Of soil, Hi (mm) 20 Initial Water Content Determination
Specific gravity of soil, Gs 2.72 Wt. Of can +wet soil 45.90
Wt. Of ring+specimen at the Wt. Of can +dry soil 45.00
start of test (g) 126.7 Wt. Of can 11.36
Wt. Of ring (g) 58.3 Wt. Of water 0.90
Wt. Of wet soil ,Wt (g) 68.4 Wt. Of dry soil 33.64
Initial bulk density gb (g/cm3) 1.74 Initial water content,wi 2.68
Computed dry Wt of soil,
Ws (g) 66.57 Final Water Content Determination
Computed Ht. Of solids Hs 12.46 Final wet Wt of soil+ring 132
Initial Ht of voids Hv 7.54 Final dry Wt of soil+ring 120.8
Initial degree of saturation,Si 12.04 Oven dry Wt of soil 62.5
Initial void ratio, ei 0.60 Final water content, wf 17.92
Final Test Data:
Initial dial reading 0 0 mm
Final dial reading 915 1.83 mm
Change in sample Ht 1.83 mm
Final Ht of voids Hvf 5.70
Final void ratio, ef 0.46

0 0.25 0.5 1 2 4 8 15 30 60 120 240 420 1440

0 0.25 0.5 1 2 4
8 15 30 60 120
240 420 1440
 0 0.25 0.5 1 2 4 8 15 30 60 120 240 420 1440

0 0.25 0.5 1 2 4
8 15 30 60 120
240 420 1440

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
CONSOLIDATION TEST (Time-compressin data)

LOAD (kPa) 25 50 100 200 400

Clock Elapsed Dial reading Dial reading Dial reading Dial reading Dial reading
time & time X 0.01/div X 0.002/div X 0.002/div X 0.002/div X 0.002/div
date (min.)
Original Adjusted Original Adjusted Original Adjusted Original Adjusted Original
0 0 0.000 390 0.780 645 1.290 185 0.370 315
0.25 7 0.070 502 1.004 150 0.300 235 0.470 370
0.5 19 0.190 525 1.050 153 0.306 246 0.492 385
1 19.5 0.195 535 1.070 154 0.308 251 0.502 402
2 20 0.200 550 1.100 155 0.310 256 0.512 408
4 20 0.200 564 1.128 156.5 0.313 260 0.520 415
8 20 0.200 581 1.162 159 0.318 264 0.528 420
15 22.5 0.225 593 1.186 162 0.324 267 0.534 425
30 23.5 0.235 608 1.216 165 0.330 270 0.540 429
60 27 0.270 617 1.234 167 0.334 280 0.560 435
120 28 0.280 630 1.260 175 0.350 285 0.570 440
240 0 0.000 635 1.270 180 0.360 295 0.590 446
420 0 0.000 640 1.280 0.000 0.000
1440 30 0.300 645 1.290 185 0.370 315 0.630 448

LOAD (kPa) 800 400 200 400 800

Clock Elapsed Dial reading Dial reading Dial reading Dial reading Dial reading
time & time X 0.002/div X 0.002/div X 0.002/div X 0.002/div X 0.002/div
date (min.) Original Adjusted Original Adjusted Original Adjusted Original Adjusted Original
0 0 0 0 0
0.25 0 0 0 0
0.5 0 0 0 0
1 0 0 0 0
2 0 0 0 0
4 0 0 0 0
8 0 0 0 0
15 0 0 0 0
30 0 0 0 0
60 0 0 0 0
120 0 0 0 0
256 0 0 0 0
420 0 0 0 0
1440 0 0 0 0
 400 800 1600 3200 1600

Dial reading Dial reading Dial reading Dial reading Dial reading
X 0.002/div X 0.002/div X 0.002/div X 0.002/div X 0.002/div
Adjusted Original Adjusted Original Adjusted Original Adjusted Original Adjusted
0.63 448 0.896 612 1.224 0 0
0.74 535 1.07 790 1.58 0 0
0.77 540 1.08 800 1.6 0 0
0.804 544 1.088 812 1.624 0 0
0.816 548 1.096 827 1.654 0 0
0.83 552 1.104 840 1.68 0 0
0.84 557 1.114 850 1.7 0 0
0.85 563 1.126 857 1.714 0 0
0.858 569 1.138 865 1.73 0 0
0.87 571 1.142 872 1.744 0 0
0.88 580 1.16 880 1.76 0 0
0.892 590 1.18 889 1.778 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
0.896 612 1.224 915 1.83 0 0

800 1600 3200 6400

Dial reading Dial reading Dial reading Dial reading
X 0.002/div X 0.002/div X 0.002/div X 0.002/div
Adjusted Original Adjusted Original Adjusted Original Adjusted
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
CONSOLIDATION TEST (Computation sheet for e - log p curve)
Sample Data

Initial sample volume (cm3) 39.27 Dry wt. Ws 66.57

Specific gravity, Gs 2.72 Ht of solids, Hs (mm) 12.46
Initial ht. Of voids, Hv 7.54 Initial void ratio, ei 0.60
Initial Ht of sample, Hi 20
Dial reading Change in Strain Change in void ratio at Average Length of Time for 50%
Load void ratio De the end of
at end of sample ht. Ht for load drainage consolidation,
(kPa) load DH (mm) e = DH/Hi = DH/Hs load, e path, H (cm) t50 (min.)
(cm)
0 0 0 0 0.000 0.60 20 10.000
25 30 0.06 0.003 0.005 0.60 19.97 9.985
50 645 1.29 0.0645 0.103 0.50 19.355 9.678
100 185 0.37 0.0185 0.030 0.57 19.815 9.908
200 315 0.63 0.0315 0.051 0.55 19.685 9.843
400 448 0.896 0.0448 0.072 0.53 19.552 9.776
800 612 1.224 0.0612 0.098 0.51 19.388 9.694
1600 915 1.83 0.0915 0.147 0.46 19.085 9.543
3200 0 0 0 0.000 0.60 20 10.000
1600 0 0 0 0.000 0.60 20 10.000
800 0 0 0 0.000 0.60 20 10.000
400 0 0 0 0.000 0.60 20 10.000
200 0 0 0 0.000 0.60 20 10.000
400 0 0 0 0.000 0.60 20 10.000
800 0 0 0 0.000 0.60 20 10.000
1600 0 0 0 0.000 0.60 20 10.000
3200 0 0 0 0.000 0.60 20 10.000
6400 0 0 0 0.000 0.60 20 10.000
Coefficient of
consolidation,
cv (cm/min.)
 COEFFICIENT OF PERMEABILITY
This test has not been standardised by ASTM or AASHTO

Sample Dimensions:
Diameter, D (cm) 10
Area of sample, A (cm2) 78.54
Height of sample, H (cm) 12.70
Diam. Of standpipe, d (cm) 1.13
Area of standpipe, a (cm2) 1.00
Length, L (cm) 13.50

h1 (cm) h2 (cm) Temprature

Test # Time (sec) o
C
1 85 82 120 15
2 82 79 120 15
3 79 76 120 15
Average 82 79 120 15

kT (cm/sec) 5.35E-05
hT/h20 1.1345
k20 (cm/sec) 6.07E-05
k20 (m/sec) 6.07E-07

1.4
1.3
1.2 f(x) = - 0.0228693333x + 1.4806292308
1.1
1
0.9
0.8
0.7
0.6
5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40
C hT/h20
10 1.3012
11 1.265
12 1.2301
13 1.1968
14 1.1651
15 1.1347
16 1.1056
17 1.0774
18 1.0507
19 1.0248
20 1
21 0.9761
22 0.9531
23 0.9311
24 0.9097
25 0.8893
26 0.8694
27 0.8502
28 0.8318
29 0.8139
30 0.7967
31 0.7801
32 0.7641
33 0.7486
34 0.7334
35 0.7189
 UU TRIAXIAL TEST (GHORRA GALLI)

Dia of the specimen D (mm) 50

Initial height of specimen Lo (mm) 100
Initial area of specimen Ao (cm2) 19.63
Proving ring calibration factor (PRC) 0.215*DR+4.2404

Cell Def. Dial Reading Proving Applied

Axial X-Sectional
Pressure Area Ao (cm )
2 Ring Dial Axial
strain e
(kPa) Reading Load (kg)
Reading 0.01xReading
50 25 0.25 0.003 1968.42 23 4.853
50 0.50 0.005 1973.36 33 6.963
100 1.00 0.010 1983.33 41 8.651
150 1.50 0.015 1993.40 45 9.495
200 2.00 0.020 2003.57 47 9.917
250 2.50 0.025 2013.84 47 9.917
300 3.00 0.030 2024.22 47 9.917
100 25 0.25 0.003 1968.42 29 6.119
50 0.50 0.005 1973.36 37 7.807
100 1.00 0.010 1983.33 54 11.394
150 1.50 0.015 1993.40 62 13.082
200 2.00 0.020 2003.57 68 14.348
250 2.50 0.025 2013.84 68 14.348
300 3.00 0.030 2024.22 68 14.348
350 3.50 0.035 2034.71 68 14.348
150 25 0.25 0.003 1968.42 35 7.385
50 0.50 0.005 1973.36 42 8.862
100 1.00 0.010 1983.33 70 14.770
150 1.50 0.015 1993.40 82 17.302
200 2.00 0.020 2003.57 88 18.568
250 2.50 0.025 2013.84 88 18.568
300 3.00 0.030 2024.22 88 18.568
350 3.50 0.035 2034.71 88 18.568

E= 189 kPa

GRAPH B/W STRESS & AXIAL STRAIN (RD 1630)

34
STRESS (kPa)

32

30
 GRAPH B/W STRESS & AXIAL STRAIN (RD 1630)
34

STRESS (kPa)
32

30

28

26

24

22
0 0.02 0.04 0.06 0.08 0.1 0.12 0.14 0.16 0.18 0.2 0.22 0.24 0.26

189 STRAIN
GALLI)

Unit Axial Load

kg/mm2 kPa
0.00247 24.19
0.00353 34.61
0.00436 42.79 35 150
0.00476 46.73 42 157
0.00495 48.56 70 185
0.00492 48.31 82 197
0.00490 48.06 88 203
0.00311 30.50 88 203
0.00396 38.81 88 203
0.00574 56.36 88 203
0.00656 64.38
0.00716 70.25
0.00712 69.89
0.00709 69.53
0.00705 69.18
0.00375 36.80
0.00449 44.05
0.00745 73.06
0.00868 85.15
0.00927 90.91
0.00922 90.45
0.00917 89.99
0.00913 89.52

AIN (RD 1630)

AIN (RD 1630)

0.18 0.2 0.22 0.24 0.26