Name : MD.

Murshedul Islam
ID :173-47-091
Experiment no: 01
Experiment Name: Determination Of Soil Bulk Density by Field Method

Objective:
1) To determine the bulk density of soil.
2) To plot moisture content by weight and moisture content by volume and then
determine the soil bulk density from the graph.

Apparatus:
1. Core cutter
2. Dolly
3. Rammer.
4. Weight balance
5. Oven
6. Wood block

Sample Calculation:
Volume of Cylinder = 321 c.c
Weight of beaker = 5 gm
Weight of Beaker + Wet soil = 490 gm
Weight of Beaker + dry soil = 390 gm

Weight of wet soil = 490-5= 485 gm

Weight of dry soil = 390-5 = 385 gm
Moisture content by weight (%) = (385/485)*100 = 79 %
Bulk Density = 385/321= 1.20
Moisture content by volume (%) = 79*1.20 =95 %
Table:
Weigh
Weigh Moistur Moistur
t of
t of e e
Volume Weigh Weigh Weigh
Seria Beake Bulk
of t of t of Beake t of content content
l r
r by Densit by
Cylinde beake Wet Dry
No + y
r r soil + soil weight volume
Wet (%)
drysoil (%)
soil
1 321 5 490 485 390 385 79 1.20 95
2 321 5 488 483 384 379 78 1.18 92
3 321 5 489 484 376 371 76 1.16 88
4 321 5 491 486 366 361 74 1.12 83
5 321 5 489 484 360 355 73 1.11 81

Qualitati ve Curve
100.00
Moisture Content by Volume(%)

95.00

90.00

85.00

80.00

75.00

70.00
73.00 74.00 75.00 76.00 77.00 78.00 79.00 80.00
Moisture Content by Weight (%)

Figure.1: Moisture content by volume Vs moisture content by weight

n = 1 - (ρb / ρs) ……….. (1)

(ρb / ρs)= 1-n

ρb= ρs (1-n/100)

ρb= ρs (1+e)

Where, ρs= density of soil, n = porosity, e= void ratio