Weight

Weight of
Moisture Weight of can + sample of Oven dry Moisture
empty moisture
cans (g) Sample weight (g) content (%)
cans (g)
(g)
A4 48.8 288.9 240.1 221.6 8.34837545
A5 48.8 282.6 233.8 215.4 8.54224698
A6 50.9 301.1 250.2 230.7 8.45253576

SIEVE ANALYSIS OF SOIL

Sieve size weight retained Cumulative weight cumulative percentage

(mm) (g) retained (g) retained % passing
9.5 14 14 3.207331 96.79267
4.75 20.5 34.5 7.90378 92.09622
2 78.4 112.9 25.86483 74.13517
0.42 189.6 302.5 69.30126 30.69874
0.075 75.1 377.6 86.5063 13.4937
pan 58.9 436.5 100 0

total 436.5

Gradation Chart (Soil)

120
PERCENTAGE PASSING (%)

100

80

60

40

20

0
0.01 0.1 1 10 100
SIEVE SIZE (mm)
 PARTICAL SIZE DISTRIBUTION CHART
110
100
PERCENTAGE PASSING (%)

90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
0 2 4 6 8 10
SIEVE SIZE (mm)

D10 =
D30 =
D60 =
𝑐𝑢 =
𝑐𝑐=

Calculations
Description Symbol unit

Internal diameter d cm 10.16

Internal height h cm 12.75

mass of empty core cutter M1 Gm 1230
Mass of core cutter with soil M2 gm 3095
Mass of soil M3 gm 1865
volume of core cutter V cm3 1033.68
moisture content m.c ------ 7.1
𝑔
Wet Density 𝑐𝑚3 1.804233
𝑔
Dry Density 𝑐𝑚3 1.684625
 CALCULATION
weight Oven
Weight of Weight of of dry Moisture
empty can sample + sample weight content No. of Liquid
S.NO (g) can (g) (g) (g) (%) Blows Limit
1 11.5 25.9 14.4 10.9 32.11009 6
2 12.3 33.1 20.8 16.7 24.5509 31 26.2
3 11.28 27.5 16.22 12.82 26.52106 24

LIQUID LIMIT OF SOIL

36
33
30
MOISTURE CONTENT (%)

27
24
21
18
15
12
9
6
3
0
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35
NUMBER OF BLOWS

CALCULATIONS
Weight Oven
Weight Weight of
No of of dry Moisture Plastic
of empty can +
threads threads weight content (%) limit
can (g) threads (g)
(g) (g)
5 24.8 33.1 8.3 7 18.57142857 18.57
 Sand Calibration Factor
Description Symbol Unit
Weight of mould + sand (g) W1 gm 4260
W2
Weight of mould gm 425
Weight of sand W3 gm 3835
Volume of sand V 2611.7
Unit weight of sand 1.468

CALCULATIONS
DESCRIPTION SYMBOL UNIT
Mass of Soil W1 gm 250
Mass of Water in gm
Wa 1245
pycnometer
Mass of oven dry sample Wo gm 241
Mass of pycnometer + Soil +
Wb gm 1385
water
apparent specific gravity GB 2.38613861
𝑔
Apparent Density 2380.17327
𝑐𝑚3
 CALCUATIONS
S.NO DESCRIPTION UNIT
1 Weight of Soil + container gm 3030
2 Weight of Container gm 20
3 Weight of wet Soil (1-2) gm 3010
4 Weight of Initial sand + container gm 8000
Weight of Residual sand +
5 gm 3690
container
6 Weight of sand to fill cone (4-5) gm 4310
7 Weight of sand to fill cone gm 1790
8 Weight of sand to fill hole (6-7) gm 2520
𝑔
9 Unit weight of sand 𝑐𝑚3
1.468
10 Gross volume of hole (8/9) 𝑐𝑚3 1716.621
𝑔
11 Wet unit weight of soil (3/10) 𝑐𝑚3
1.753444
12 Moisture Content 4.7
𝑊𝑒𝑡 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡 𝑤𝑒𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑔
13 Dry unit weight of soil 1+
𝑚𝑜𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑡
𝑐𝑚3
1.674732
100
𝑔
14 Maximum dry density 𝑐𝑚3
1.873
15 Optimum moisture Content
16 Compaction (13/14) 89.41442
17 Required Compaction 90
18 Results