MOISTURE DENSITY RELATIONSHIP, MODIFIED AASHTO T-180-93(ASTM D 1557-12)

Project:
Test Pit # TP-2 Sample # : CS-2

DIAMETER OF MOLD: 15.24 cm VOLUME OF MOLD: 2125 c.c.

BLOWS/LAYER: 56 NUMBER OF LAYERS: 5
WEIGHT OF RAMMER: 10 lbs DROP OF RAMMER: 18 in
NUMBER OF TRIALS 1 2 3 4 5 6
MOISTURE CONTENT (%) 4.90 7.00 8.90 11.00 13.00 15.00
WET UNIT WEIGHT (g/cc) 1.882 2.017 2.118 2.165 2.130 2.071
DRY UNIT WEIGHT (g/cc) 1.795 1.885 1.945 1.950 1.885 1.801
ZERO AIR VOID DRY DENSITY (g/cc) 2.345 2.235 2.144 2.052 1.971 1.896

2.10

2.00

1.90
Zero Air Void Line

90 % Saturation

1.80

1.70
70 % Saturation

1.60
4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16

OPTIMUM MOISTURE CONTENT (%) = 10.0 MAXIMUM DRY DENSITY (g/cc) = 1.96