APPENDIX - 05

Department of Civil Engineering

University of Moratuwa
Standard Proctor Compaction Test
[As per the ASTM D698-00 & ASTM D1557-02 Standard Test Method for Laboratory Compaction of Soil using
Standard & Modified Effort]
Client : XYZ Construction (PVT) Ltd
Project : Dam Construction Project
Sample No : 05
Date : 2019/05/25
Compaction Method : Manual
Compacion Mould : Mass of Rammer (kg) : 2.5
Diameter (cm) : 10.16 Dropping Height (cm) : 30.5
Height (cm) : 11.65 Number of Layers : 03
3
Volume (cm ) : 944 Blows Per Layer : 25
Mass (g) : 1731
Standard Proctor Compaction Curve

Trial No 01 02 03 04 05 06
Mass of Mould with Base Plate + Compacted
3136.89 3290.80 3392.00 3506.40 3567.70 3491.90
Soil (g)
Mass of Mould with Base Plate (g) 1731.29 1731.29 1731.29 1731.29 1731.29 1731.29
3
Volume of Mould (cm ) 944.00 944.00 944.00 944.00 944.00 944.00
Mass of Compacted Soil (g) 1405.60 1559.51 1660.71 1775.11 1836.41 1760.61
3
Bulk Density (kg/m ) 1488.98 1652.02 1759.23 1880.41 1945.35 1865.05
Determination of Moisture Content
Moisture Can No. PC-05-01 PC-05-02 PC-05-03 PC-05-04 PC-05-05 PC-05-06
Mass of Wet Soil + Container (g) 40.05 52.83 53.04 40.06 45.34 70.38
Mass of Dry Soil + Container (g) 37.71 48.51 47.71 35.20 38.13 57.86
Mass of Dry Container (g) 6.67 9.35 10.36 6.51 6.56 10.24
Mass of Water (g) 2.34 4.32 5.33 4.86 7.21 12.52
Mass of Dry Soil (g) 31.04 39.16 37.35 28.69 31.57 47.62
Moisture Content % 7.54% 11.03% 14.27% 16.94% 22.84% 26.29%
Dry Denisty (kg/m3) 1384.60 1487.88 1539.53 1608.02 1583.67 1476.78

Zero Air Void Line 2208.65 2047.46 1917.70 1822.51 1642.35 1552.50

Optimum Moisture Content (%) 19.50

Maximum Dry Density (kg/m3) 1620.00