ASSOSA UNIVERSITY

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
DEARTEMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

HIGHWAY ENGINEERING II LAB REPORT

SECTION TWO (02)

GROUP ONE (01)

Submitted to: Lab ass. Emebet.

January, 27, 2018
ASSOSA, ETHIOPIA
 GROUP MEMBERS NAME AND ID NUMBERS.

NAME ……………………………………….ID No
1. Eyob Workneh ……………….….ETR/205/07
2. Sagni Assefa……………………...ETR/436/07
3. Dawit Kebede…………………….ETR/153/07
4. Emebet Gidey ……………………ETR/187/07
5. Azeb Negash………………...……ETR/090/07
6. Jemila Seid………………………..ETR/377/06
7. Samuel Hadush …………………..ETR/442/07
8. Nestanet Werede ………………....ETR/413/07
 ACKNOWLEDGMENT

First of all we would like to thank the almighty of God for his everlasting
love and protection. It is very difficult to work with different individual
personalities merged together as a group for a common goal, but we all the
group members’ courage, patience and determination endurance from the
beginning to the end of project.
Next our especial gratitude goes to our Highway teacher Ashebir and our
highway lab teacher Emebet for their in valuable and uncountable
knowledge teachings. Also, we want to extend our sincere thanks and
appreciation for our parents for their weariless support and moral
encouragement. We simply say, thank you very much, without you nothing
would have been possible.
Introduction
Study shows that there is a very wide variation in the characteristics of different soils. A number
of physical tests and standard procedures have been developed to measure the materials
performance.
Soil tests are needed for determining of strengths or supporting values of soils may be divided in
to two groups. One of these tests is used in foundation investigations and is concerned with the
load carrying capacity and rate and amount of consolidation in soils that support. The other
strength type of test is designed to measure the supporting power of disturbed sample as
recompacted under standard procedures to set layer thickness for pavement system. Most of the
tests are performed in the laboratories of the various highway agencies have come to be more or
less routine in nature and are conducted in accordance with the methods of test established by
AASHTO and ASTM.
Generally, to permit the student to obtain a better concept of the various test commonly
conducted in highway materials, this manual has been prepared.
TABLE CONTENT
Experiment page

Introduction ………………………………………………………. I

Atterberg limit ……………………………………………………..1

Compaction test ……………………………………………………6

Determination of aggregate crushing value test………………….10