DIPLOMA IN CIVIL ENGINEERING (CONSTRUCTION

SAFETY) KOLEJ POLY-TECH MARA

KUANTAN BRANCH

ECG 2023
SOIL
MECHANICS
LAB 3: JKR PROBE

STUDENT NAME STUDENT ID

MUHAMMAD DANIAL AIMAN BIN SHAROS MAHTHIR KNJ211810353

AMIRUL HAZIQ BIN BADRUL HISHAM KNJ211810230

AINA INSYIRAH BINTI ROSLI KNJ211810416

NURUL FATIN NABILAH BINTI MOHD FYERUZ SOFHIAN KNJ211810243

NURFARZANA BINTI ABDUL RAZAK KNJ211810276

MUHAMMAD UZAIR MUQRI BIN MOHD FAIZAL KNN201810107

LECTURER NAME : MADAM NUR RUZLINA

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1.0) INTRODUCTION

1.1) Objectives

 To assess the subsoil layer and the bearing capacity of soils.

 To determine the coefficient of permeability of soil.

1.2) Apparatus

 JKR probe set with additional rods and coupling,scale,marker,datum bar

1.3) Theory

 The bearing capacity of a soil or rock refers to its ability to support weight. Testing on
undisturbed samples in the lab is another method of calculating bearing capacity. Though it is
cohesionless soils make it highly challenging and expensive to acquire undisturbed samples. The
most cost-effective way to assess the carrying capability of cohesionless soils is to perform in-
situ dynamic and static penetration tests. The JKR probe test is the one that is most frequently
used in Malaysia. It's only a minor dynamic test. A 5 kilogramme hammer that falls freely from
a 280mm-high h eight drives the cone into the ground. The number of strikes necessary for each
cone penetration of 300mm is indicated,the allowed bearing capacity is calculated from these
number of blows using an imperial relationship between number of blows and permitted
carrying capacity If more than 400 strikes are necessary to penetrate 300 mm, the test is
terminated. JKR probes can be used down to a depth of 12 metres.

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2.0) PROCEDURS

1) Set up the jkr probe set on the place that have been decided.

2) Mark every 300 mm on the rod using marker

3) Keep the rod straight vertically

4) Lift the hammer up

5) The hammer is pulled until it reached the maximum length and the hammer was dropped freely
to driven the cone into the soils. Make sure that there is no force applied when dropped the
hammer.

6) Repeat the step 4 and 5 for the next 300 mm penetration

7) Repeat the step 6 till the depth is achieve (12 meters maximum) or the number of blows
reached 400.

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 4) DISCUSSION

On the first 0.3 m,the blows is 163 and going down until 1.8 m with the blows is just 15 and number of
blows going up again until 4.2 m.The last blows is 400 which is the maximum number of blows.

4.1) Error or problem during experiment

 Depth of penetration is not marked correctly

 Position of rod that is not at right angle with the ground surface, will result in bending in
penetration hence produce inaccurate data.

 Driving rod at bending position will give more reading of blow count and damage to the blow
absorber

4.2) Preventive and corrective

 Get another person to hold the scale to make it static

 Locate the experiment at the good surface

 Others member can hold tight the rod while the other is lifting up the hammer

4.3) Suggestions

Need more man power because the process was quite hard and heavy which is not good for
women

Not suitable doing at soil that have bad condition

Confirm that the tester is skilled and aware about the right testing techniques.

Make sure all the equipment is in good condition

Re-do the experiment if have any doubt

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5.0) CONCLUSION

rom this experiment, we learnt

that JKR Probe test is usually use
to determine the thickness
of unsuitable kind of material
which need to be removed.
JKR Probe has a 60° cone
penetrometer, limited to 15m of
depth and number of blows must
be recorded then correlates
to established chart to determine
the bearing capacity of certain
soil. It is one of a light dynamic
test and the cone is driven directly
(should be perpendicular with the
ground) into the soil by
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driving a hammer. However, the
disadvantage of using JKR Probe
test is that the inability to
penetrate into medium strength
soil and gravelly ground
because it does not have
enough
strength to penetrate into the
medium since we are using our
human energy
rom this experiment, we learnt
that JKR Probe test is usually use
to determine the thickness
of unsuitable kind of material
which need to be removed.
JKR Probe has a 60° cone
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penetrometer, limited to 15m of
depth and number of blows must
be recorded then correlates
to established chart to determine
the bearing capacity of certain
soil. It is one of a light dynamic
test and the cone is driven directly
(should be perpendicular with the
ground) into the soil by
driving a hammer. However, the
disadvantage of using JKR Probe
test is that the inability to
penetrate into medium strength
soil and gravelly ground
because it does not have
enough
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strength to penetrate into the
medium since we are using our
human energy
From this experiment, we learnt that JKR Probe test is usually use to determine the coefficient of
permeability of soil.The depeer it goes,its will find many condition of soil.If the number of blows is
less,its means the soil is contained more water,whether the water is still trapped on that level or
otherwise.If the number of blows getting higher,that’s means the condition of is parent rock.The parent
rock that we achieved in this experiment is at 4.2 meters.The rod that going through the soil and
reached the maximum of number of blows is 4.03.

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om this experiment, we learnt that
JKR Probe test is usually use to
determine the thickness
of unsuitable kind of material
which need to be removed.
JKR Probe has a 60° cone
penetrometer, limited to 15m of
depth and number of blows must
be recorded then correlates
to established chart to determine
the bearing capacity of certain
soil. It is one of a light dynamic

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test and the cone is driven directly
(should be perpendicular with the
ground) into the soil by
driving a hammer. However, the
disadvantage of using JKR Probe
test is that the inability to
penetrate into medium strength
soil and gravelly ground
because it does not have
enough
strength to penetrate into the
medium since we are using our
human energy
rom this experiment, we learnt
that JKR Probe test is usually use
to determine the thickness
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of unsuitable kind of material
which need to be removed.
JKR Probe has a 60° cone
penetrometer, limited to 15m of
depth and number of blows must
be recorded then correlates
to established chart to determine
the bearing capacity of certain
soil. It is one of a light dynamic
test and the cone is driven directly
(should be perpendicular with the
ground) into the soil by
driving a hammer. However, the
disadvantage of using JKR Probe
test is that the inability to

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penetrate into medium strength
soil and gravelly ground
because it does not have
enough
strength to penetrate into the
medium since we are using our
human energy

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6.0) REFERENCES

 https://www.studocu.com/my/document/universiti-tun-hussein-onn-malaysia/
geomatic-engineering/full-report-probe/15552642

 https://www.coursehero.com/file/125987224/Lab-10-JKR-Probepptx/

 https://www.slideshare.net/HilmiAwaludin/jkr-probe-test

 http://drilling.my/services/construction/site-investigation/mackintosh-probe-test/

 https://www.scribd.com/document/349102735/Lab-Report-JKR-Probe-Test

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APPENDICES

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