CALIFORNIA BEARING RATIO

IS 2720 PART XVI

Location : Geo Tech Date of Casting : 23/09/2022

Type of Material : Soil Date of Testing : 27/09/2022
Soaking Period : 96 Hours MDD of Sample (gm/cc) : 1.761
Volume of Mould (cc) : 2250 OMC of Sample (%) : 15.40

Unit Weight of Sample and Moisture Content Determination

Before Soaking Before Soaking Before Soaking

Mould No. Unit
8 9 4 Average Percentage of Compaction %

Wt. of Mould + Comp. Soil gm 8235 8011 7906

Wt. of Empty Mould gm 3914 3672 3572
Wt. of Compacted Soil gm 4321 4339 4334
Wet Density of Soil gm/cc 1.920 1.928 1.926
Container Number No B-1 B-2 B-3
Wt. of Empty Container gm 31.05 17.29 16.71
95.06
Wt of Cont. + Wet Soil gm 112 125.1 120.5
Wt. of Cont. + Dry Soil gm 101.38 111.12 107
Wt. of Water gm 10.62 13.98 13.5
Wt. of Dry Soil gm 70.33 93.83 90.29
Moisture Content % 15.10 14.90 14.95
Dry Density gm/cc 1.668 1.678 1.676
Percentage of Compaction % 94.72 95.29 95.17

Load Penetration Test Data

Calibration Factor : 1.63

TRIAL - 1 TRIAL - 2 TRIAL - 3
Kg/Div
Proving
Proving Ring Proving Ring Corrected
Note : Refer Encl. Load vs Penetration Corrected CBR Corrected Ring Dial
Dial Gauge Load (Kg) Dial Gauge Load (Kg) Load (Kg) CBR Value
Penetration Curve (mm) Value % CBR Value % Gauge
Reading Reading %
Reading
Mould No. 8 9 4
Standard Piston Area 0.5 5 8.15 6 9.78 5 8.15
1.963 Sqcm 1.0 10 16.3 12 19.56 9 14.67
Standard Load 1.5 15 24.45 18 29.34 14 22.82
2.0 21 34.23 24 39.12 20 32.6
Penetration Unit
2.5 27 44.01 3.21 30 48.9 3.57 27 44.01 3.21
2.5 70 (1370 Kg) 4.0 44 71.72 45 73.35 45 73.35
5.0 55 89.65 4.36 57 92.91 4.52 54 88.02 4.28
7.5 78 127.14 80 130.4 77 125.51
5 105 (2055 Kg) 10.0 98 159.74 101 164.63 97 158.11
12.5 113 184.19 115 187.45 110 179.3
Average CBR Value ( % ) 2.5 : 3.33 5.0 4.39

CBR Graph
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PENETRATION (mm)

Trial 1 Trial 2 Trial 3