CALIFORNIA BEARING RATIO TEST

(Graph of Load v/s Penetration)

Type of material Soil Date of sampling

Source of material Sampled by PIU, Kollam

Kottekunnu road to Nedumbayikulam road in Kottarakkara
Location block. Date of testing 22/2/2022
Material
Tested by IIIC QC Lab MDD/OMC
1.760,17.60%

LOAD Vs PENETRATION GRAPH

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load in kg

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Penetration ,mm

Corrected unit load from graph(kg) for 2.5mm 35.21

Corrected unit load from graph(kg) for 5.0mm 52.89

CBR at 2.5mm (%) 2.57

CBR at 5.0mm(%) 2.57

 CALIFORNIA BEARING RATIO TEST
(As per IS 2720, Part-16)
Type of material Soil Date of sampling
Source of material Sampled by PIU, Kollam
Kottekunnu road to Nedumbayikulam road in
Location Kottarakkara block. Date of testing 22/2/2022

Tested by IIIC QC Lab 1.767 gm/cc,17.47%

Material MDD/OMC
MOISTURE CONTENT AND UNIT WEIGHT OF TEST SAMPLES
S.No DESCRIPTION
A. No.of layers 3
B. No.of blows per layer 55
C. Condition of sample 4 Day soaked
D. Wt.of mould(gm) 6639
E. Wt.of wet sample+mould(gm) 11357
F. Wt.of wet sample(E-D)(gm) 11376
G. Volume of mould/sample (cc) 3091
H. Wet density (F/G)(gm/cc) 3.680
I Moisture determination
J Container no. V
K Wt.of container(gm) 66.29
L Wt.of wet sample+cont.(gm) 96.44
M Wt.of dry sample+cont.(gm) 91.95
N Wt.of water(M-N)(gm) 4.48999999999999
O Wt.of dry sample(N-L)(gm) 25.66
P Water content[(P/Q)x100](%) 17.50
Q Dry density{H/[1+(R/100)]}(gm/cc) 3.132
R Expansion ratio calculation
S Dial guage reading - Initial (di) (mm) 0.000
T Dial guage reading - Final (df) (mm) 12.000
U Height of specimen (h) (mm) 125.000
V Expansion ratio [100x(df-di)/h] 9.600
LOAD PENETRATION TEST DATA
Penetration
GENERAL INFORMATION Proving ring reading Corrected load(kg)
(mm)

0 0 0
Type of compaction used: Static/ Dynamic
0.5 5 17.61
1.0 6 21.13
Wt.of surcharge used (kg): 2.50
1.5 8 28.17
2.0 9 31.69
Proving ring capacity (kN): 30
2.5 10 35.21
3 11 38.73
Proving ring Identification: sr no. 352
4.0 13 45.77
5.0 15 52.82
Proving ring factor: 4.0197 kg
7.5 19 66.90
10.0 24 84.51
12.5 28 98.59
Corrected unit load from graph(kg) for 2.5mm 35.21
Corrected unit load from graph(kg) for 5.0mm 52.82
CBR at 2.5mm (%) 2.57
CBR at 5.0mm(%) 2.57
Remarks: Compaction is carried out by dynamic method; Weight of rammer = 2.6kg ; Drop height = 310mm

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