Soil Shear Triaxial CBR

box Mold Mold

# type

1 Loose Sand
½ MD Sand
2 Dense Sand

3 Stiff Clay X
¾ Firm
4 Soft Clay
5 V Soft Clay

6 Org Clay

7 Silty Soil

how to use the spreadsheet ---->

Revision Document 3.0

Date 13/3/2019
Author DS (GE)
Checked -

mold H B or r
Shear box 20.00 60.00
Triaxial Mold 77.86 19.42
CBR Mold 177.80 76.20
 Remolding requirements for Pipeline Project

Shear Box - Mold Dimensions Soil unit weights and Characteristics

height H radius R/ base B volume V gd e Wc Gs
[mm] [mm] [m3] [kN/m3] assum. assum. tested assum. tested
- - - 14.50 0.80 0.12 2.66
- - - 16.06 0.63 0.11 2.66
- - - 18.00 0.45 0.10 2.66

20 60 0.00007 16.86 0.60 0.21 2.75

- - - 15.42 0.75 0.23 2.75
- - - 14.20 0.90 0.25 2.75
- - - 11.24 1.40 0.27 2.75

- - - 8.01 2.00 0.32 2.45

- - - 14.32 0.85 0.18 2.70

0 Start a new test by clearing the cells highlighted in light blue

et ---->
Choose the Soil Type and remolding equipment and type an X on the corresponding c
1
(if done correctly, only mold dimensions and weights of the chosen sample typ
if water content is tested, please add it to the correspondent cell of column T
2
3.0 for sands, and only water content is tested, you can use the assumed Wc for th
/3/2019 3 if specific gravity is tested, please add it to the correspondent cell of column V
DS (GE) if bulk density is tested, please add it to the correspondent cell of column X
4
- (in this case it is also NECESSARY to add the Wc tested in the correspondent ce

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9.2201728E-05
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aracteristics Weights of sample
gb [kN/m ]
3
Wb Ws Ww
calc tested [kg] [kg] [kg]
16.22 - - -
17.81 - - -
19.78 - - -

20.38 0.150 0.124 0.026

18.94 - - -
17.73 - - -
14.26 - - -

10.56 - - -

16.88 - - -

ight blue
d type an X on the corresponding combination (columns I to K)
weights of the chosen sample type will appear)
spondent cell of column T
ou can use the assumed Wc for the remolding
espondent cell of column V
pondent cell of column X
Wc tested in the correspondent cell of column T)