Experiment no.
7
To perform the standard compaction test and obtain the moisture density relationship for given compactive effort on a particular soil
EQUIPMENT:
Compactive mould with base plate and collar Compactive rammer Moisture liens Large mixing spoon Sample extruder Trimming Knife Drying Oven at 1100C Weight Balance Steel Straight edge Large mixing bowl
OBSERVATIONS AND CALCULATIONS Test specifications :
No. of Blows=25 Layers=3 Wt of rammer=24.4 N Height of fall=30.48cm
Mould dimensions :
Diameter=10.16cm Height of mould=11.43cm Volume of the mould=926.66cm3
Water Content Determination :
CAN NO WT OF CAN+WET SOIL (gm) WT OF CAN +DRY SOIL(gm) WT OF WT OF WATER(gm) SOIL(gm) WT OF CAN(gm) WATER CONTENT
30 41 90 2 36
42.8 36.44 43.04 37.6 39.24
41.95 35.24 40.61 35.09 36.39
0.85 1.2 2.43 2.51 2.85
26.82 20.14 26.55 20.91 21.43
15.13 15.1 14.06 14.318 14.96
3.16 5.95 9.15 12 13.3
Dry Density Determination :
ASSUMED WATER CONTENT WT OF SOIL+MOULD(GM) WT OF MOULD(GM) WT OF SOIL(gm) WET DENSITY(gm/cm3) DRY DENSITY(gm/cm3)
4 7 10 13 16
3728 3900 4010 4161 4111
2139 2139 2139 2139 2139
1589 1761 1871 2022 1972
1.714761 1.900373 2.019079 2.18203 2.128073
1.662234 1.793651 1.849821 1.948241 1.878264
Graph b/w Dry Density & Moisture Content
2 1.95 1.9 DRY DENSITY 1.85 1.8 1.75 1.7 1.65 1.6 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 MOISTURE CONTENT Graph B/W M.C and Dry Density
d(max) = 1.95 gm/cm3
Experiment no.8
To perform the Modified compaction test and obtain the moisture density relationship for given comp active effort on a particular soil.
EQUIPMENT:
Compactive mould with base plate and collar Compactive rammer Moisture liens Large mixing spoon Sample extruder Trimming Knife Drying Oven at 1100C Weight Balance Steel Straight edge Large mixing bowl
OBSERVATIONS AND CALCULATIONS
Test specifications :
No. of Blows=25 Layers=5 Wt of rammer=44.39 N Height of fall=45.75cm
Mould dimensions :
Diameter=10.16cm Height of mould=11.43cm Volume of the mould=926.66cm3
Water Content Determination :
CAN NO 59 64 82 19 99 WT OF CAN+WET SOIL(gm) 40.08 29.51 30.7 38.5 23 WT OF CAN + DRY SOIL(gm) 39.1 28.9 29.72 36.62 21.78 WT OF WATER(gm) 0.98 0.61 0.98 1.88 1.22 WT OF SOIL(gm) 23.42 13.71 16.05 21.33 8.78 WT OF CAN(gm) 15.68 15.19 13.67 15.29 13 WATER CONTENT 4.184458 4.449307 6.105919 8.813877 13.89522
Dry Density Determination :
ASSUMED WATER CONTENT WT OF SOIL+MOULD(gm) WT.OF MOULD(gm) WT OF SOIL(gm) WET DENSITY(gm/cm3) DRY DENSITY(gm/cm3)
4 6 8 10 12
4309 4399 4547 4613 4580
2506 2506 2506 2506 2506
1803 1893 2041 2107 2074
1.945697 2.04282 2.202534 2.273757 2.238146
1.867551 1.955801 2.075788 2.089584 1.965092
Graph b/w Dry Density & Moisture Content
2.15 2.1 DRY DENSITY 2.05 2 1.95 1.9 1.85 0 5 10 15 MOISTURE CONTENT Graph B/W M.C and Dry Density
d(max)=2.1gm/cm3
GRAPH FOR STANDARD PROCTOR & MODIFIED PROCTOR TEST :
2.5
DRY DENSITY
1.5
MODFIED PROCTOR STANDARD PROCTOR ZERO AIR VOID LINE
0.5
0 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 MOISTURE CONTENT
Experiment no.9
DETERMINATION OF IN-SITU SOIL DENSITY
(BY CORE CUTTER METHOD)
Equipments :
Cylinder Core Cutter Steel Dolly Moisture liens Large mixing spoon Sample extruder Trimming Knife Drying Oven at 1100C Weight Balance Steel Straight edge
OBSERVATIONS AND CALCULATIONS
GROUP 1.
Diameter=10.cm Height of core cutter=8.7cm Volume of the core cutter=683.29cm3 GROUP 2.
Diameter=10cm Height of core cutter=10cm Volume of the core cutter=785.39cm3
DETERNATION NO. 1 WT. OF CORE CUTTER(gm)
1 1033
2 731
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
WT. OF CORE CUTTER+WET SOIL(gm) WT OF WET SOIL(gm) VOL OF CORE CUTTER(cm3) BULK DENSITY(gm/cm3) CONTANIER NO WT OF CONTANIER(gm) WT OF CONTANER+WET SOIL(gm) WT OF CONTANER+DRY SOIL(gm) WT OF WATER (gm) WT OF DRY SOIL(gm) WATER CONTENT DRY DENSITY(gm/cm3)
2242 1209 683.29 1.76938 50 14.03 30.62 28.82 1.8 14.79 0.121704 1.577404
1664 933 785.39 1.187945 40 16.87 42 38.39 3.61 21.52 0.167751 1.017293
MEAN OF DRY DENSITY=1.297g/cm3
Experiment no.9
DETERMINATION OF IN-SITU SOIL DENSITY (BY SAND REPLACMENT METHOD)
EQUIPMENT:
1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) 8) 9) Sand Cone Apparatus Steel Dolly Moisture liens Large mixing spoon Sample extruder Trimming Knife Drying Oven at 1100C Weight Balance Steel Straight edge
OBSERVATIONS AND CALCULATIONS
CAN NO WT OF CAN(gm) WT OF CAN +WET SOIL(gm) WT OF CAN+DRY SOIL(gm) WT OF WATER(gm) WT OF SOIL(gm) MOISTURE CONTENT 13 12.55 35.66 34.23 1.43 21.68 6.595941
A.
DETERMINATION OF WEIGHT OF SAND IN CONE
1 2 3
WT. OF APPARATUS+SAND(BEFORE TEST)(gm) WT. OF APPARATUS+SAND(AFTER FILLING CONE) (gm) WT OF SAND IN CONE(gm)
6683 6194 489
DETERMINATION OF BULK DENSITY OF SAND
VOLUME OF THE CALIBRATING CONTAINER(V)cm3 WT OF CALIBRATED CONTAINER(gm) WT OF CALIBRATED CONTAINER + SAND(gm) WT. OF SAND(IN VOL. V) (gm) BULK DENSITY OF SAND(gm/cm3)
4 5 6 7 8
1021.41 1684 3021 1337 1.308975
DETERMINATION OF BULK DENSITY OF SOIL
9 10 11 12 13 14
WT. OF WET SOIL FROM THE HOLE(gm) WT OF APPARATUS +SAND(BEFORE POURIONG IN HOLE) (gm) WT. OF APPARATUS + SAND(AFTER POURING IN THE HOLE) (gm) WT OF SAND IN HOLE(gm) BULK DENSITY OF SOIL(gm/cm3) DRY DENISTY OF SOIL(gm/cm3)
1120 6652 5232 931 1.574707 1.47728
