California Bearing Ratio of Laboratory Compacted Soils

ASTM D 1883 / AASHTO T 193

Client : Date Sampled :

Contractor : Date Casting : 1-Jun-2019

Project : Material :

Contract No. : Report No. :

Location : Sampled By :

Corr. MDD g/cc : 2.311 Corr. OMC % : 6.5

Test No. 1 2 3
No. of Blows 10 30 65

WEIGHING :
Mould No. 1 2 3
Volume of Mould a cm 3
2133 2139 2136
Mass of Mould+Compacted Specimen b g 11395 11832 11695
Mass of Mould+Soaked Drained Specimen c g 11502 11940 11755
Mass of Mould d g 6435 6733 6400

WATER CONTENT DETERMINATION :

At the Time of Upper 1 inch At the Time of Upper 1 inch At the Time of Upper 1 inch
Sampling Phase
Compaction After Pen. Compaction After Pen. Compaction After Pen.
Container No. A-1 A-5 B-5 B-4 C-5 C-2
Mass of Container+Wet Sample e g 365.0 680.4 425.6 366.5 348.5 375.0
Mass of Container+Dry Sample f g 346.9 614.5 403.4 336.7 331.7 347.1
Mass of Water g=e-f g 18.1 65.9 22.2 29.8 16.8 27.9
Mass of Container h g 73.4 65.1 62.1 70.2 69.5 71.0
Mass of Dry Soil i=f-h g 273.5 549.4 341.3 266.5 262.2 276.1
Water Content j=g/i*100 % 6.6 12.0 6.5 11.2 6.4 10.1

DENSITIES :
Wet Density as Moulded k=(b-d)/a g/cm3 2.325 2.384 2.479
Dry Density as Moulded l=k/(100+j)*100 g/cm3 2.181 2.238 2.330
Soaked Drained Wet Density m=(c-d)/a g/cm 3
2.376 2.434 2.507

SWELLING :
Surcharge Weight 4.54 kg 4.54 kg 4.54 kg
Reading Date Time h

Initial mm 1-Jun-2019 10:00 AM 0 0.00 0.00 0.00

Swelling mm 2-Jun-2019 10:00 AM 24 0.22 0.18 0.15
Swelling mm 3-Jun-2019 10:00 AM 48 0.26 0.22 0.16
Swelling mm 4-Jun-2019 10:00 AM 72 0.35 0.29 0.19
Final mm 5-Jun-2019 10:00 AM 96 0.56 0.44 0.29
116.43
Swell %(Final-Initial)/Mould Height Mould Height mm 0.48 0.38 0.25

Remarks:-

Tested By Checked By
 California Bearing Ratio of Laboratory Compacted Soils
ASTM D 1883 / AASHTO T 193

Client : Date Sampled :

Contractor : Date Testing :

Project : Report No. :

Contract No. : Corr. MDD g/cc : 2.311 Corr. OMC % : 6.5

Location : Area of Plunger cm² : 19.35
Sampled By : Proving Ring Factor : 4.260

No. of Blows 10 30 65

Dry Density gm/cc 2.181 2.238 2.330

Corrected Corrected Corrected

Penetration Load Unit Load Load Unit Load Load Unit Load
Ring Load Ring Load Ring Load
Reading Reading Reading
inch mm kg kg/cm² kg/cm² kg kg/cm² kg/cm² kg kg/cm² kg/cm²
0.025 0.64 16 68.2 3.5 34 144.8 7.5 50 213.0 11.0
0.050 1.27 29 123.5 6.4 62 264.1 13.6 92 391.9 20.3
0.075 1.91 41 174.7 9.0 84 357.8 18.5 128 545.3 28.2
0.100 2.54 51 217.3 11.2 11.2 106 451.6 23.3 23.3 156 664.6 34.3 34.3
0.125 3.18 62 264.1 13.6 123 524.0 27.1 185 788.1 40.7
0.150 3.81 68 289.7 15.0 140 596.4 30.8 214 911.6 47.1
0.175 4.45 77 328.0 17.0 159 677.3 35.0 239 1018.1 52.6
0.200 5.08 85 362.1 18.7 18.7 172 732.7 37.9 37.9 265 1128.9 58.3 58.3
0.300 7.62 120 511.2 26.4 225 958.5 49.5 366 1559.2 80.6
0.400 10.16 150 639.0 33.0 270 1150.2 59.4 440 1874.4 96.9

No. of Blows 10 30 65
0.1 in" 0.2 in" 0.1 in" 0.2 in" 0.1 in" 0.2 in"
Standard Load (kg/cm²)
70.3 105 70.3 105 70.3 105
Corrected Load (kg/cm²) 11.2 18.7 23.3 37.9 34.3 58.3
CBR % 16.0 17.8 33.2 36.1 48.9 55.6

120.0

100.0

80.0
Corrected Unit Load (kg/Cm²)

Load Penetration
curve at 65 Blows
60.0

40.0
Load Penetration
curve at 30 Blows

20.0

Load Penetration
curve at 10 Blows
0.0
0.00 0.64 1.27 1.91 2.54 3.18 3.81 4.45 5.08 5.72 6.35 6.99 7.62 8.26 8.89 9.53 10.16 10.80 11.43 12.07

Penetration (mm)

Remarks:-

Tested By Checked By
 California Bearing Ratio of Laboratory Compacted Soils
ASTM D 1883 / AASHTO T 193

Client : Date Sampled :

Contractor : Date Testing :

Project : Material :

Contract No. : Report No. :

Location : Sampled By :

Corr. MDD g/cc : 2.311 Corr. OMC % : 6.5

70.0

60.0

50.0

40.0
CBR (%)

30.0

20.0

10.0

0.0
2.100 2.150 2.200 2.250 2.300 2.350 2.400

Dry Density (gm/cc)

Dry Density g/cc 2.195 2.265 2.311

Compaction % 95.0 98.0 100.0

CBR Value % 22.8 42.9 52.5

Remarks:-

Tested By Checked By
 Surcharge Weights for CBR Mould
Mould Area Thickness Density Weight
Description/Material
cm2 cm g/cc g Weight Kg
Embankment 182.4 200 1.810 66029 Slotted Metal Weight 2.27

Sub Grade 182.4 30 1.910 10452

Sub Base 182.4 20 2.240 8172

Base Course 182.4 34 2.260 14016

Asphalt 182.4 21 2.400 9193

# of Weight
Embankment 107860 48
Sub Grade 41832 18
Sub Base 31380 14
Base Course 23209 10