Jadara University

Faculty Of Engineering
Civil Engineering Department
CE(702422 ) Soil laboratory
Atterberg limits /ASTMD-4318
Experiment no.(5

Name : Adham alnadi

ID : 201820350
Test : Atterberg limits
Instructor : ENG.Ayat almarashdeh / ENG.Ayat Mallkawi
 Experiment #1
Atterberg limits /ASTMD-4318

Student name : Adham alnadi 201820350

Date: 19 / 11 / 2020
1.Objective :
 Determine the liquid limit of soil sample (LL).
 Determine the plastic limit of soil sample (PL).

2.Tools :

Casagrande Liquid Limit

 Grooving Tool
 Plastic squeeze bottle
 Moisture Cans
 Porcelain Evaporating Dish
Spatula
Oven

Test No. Weight of Weight of Weight of Water Number of

empty container + container + content, blows.N
container wet soil dry soil w%
(W1), g (W2), g (W3), g

1 12.5 78.5 74.5 6.45 35

2 12.5 88.3 75.5 20.31 18

3 12.5 80.6 74.3 10.19 28

3.Data and results

LL= 6.45 * (35/25)^0.121 = 6.718

LL= 20.31 * (18/25)^0.121 = 19.518
LL= 10.19 * (28/25)^0.121 = 10.330

A.Liquid Limit (L.L) = (6.718+19.518+10.330) / 3 = 12.188

Average of w%= (6.45 + 20.31 + 10.19) / 3 = 12.31%

Flow index: 𝐹𝐼 = 𝑤1 − 𝑤2 / log (𝑁2 / 𝑁1) = (20.31 – 10.19) / log(28/18) = 52.7

Plot water content versus number of blows on semi-log paper

 Experiment #2
Atterberg limits /ASTMD-4318

Student name: adham alnadi 201820350

Date: / /

B. Plastic Limit Tes

Test No. Weight of Weight of Weight of Water PL=*100%
empty container + container + content,
container wet soil dry soil w%
(W1), g (W2), g (W3), g

1 14.97 19.72 18.80 24.02 1.24

2 15.27 19.26 18.72 15.65 1.15

3 15.28 19.33 18.55 23.85 1.23

Plasticity index = PI=LL-PL= 12.188-1.206 = 10.982

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