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GENERAL
One of the most common types of probing is Mackintosh Probe. The purpose of Mackintosh
Probe is to determine bearing capacity of the soil to withstand the loading. The Mackintosh
prospecting tool consists of rods which can be threaded together with barrel connectors and
which are normally fitted with a driving point at their base, and a light hand-operated driving
hammer at their top. The tool provides a very economical method of determining the thickness of
soft deposits such as peat. The driving point is streamlined in longitudinal section with diameter
of 25mm. The drive hammer has a total weight of about 4.5kg. The rods are 1.2m long and
13mm diameter. The device is often used to provide a depth profile by driving the point and rods
into the ground with equal blows of the full drop height available from the hammer: the number
of blows for each 0.3m of penetration is recorded. When small pockets of stiff clay are to be
penetrated, an auger or a core tube can be substituted for the driving point. The rods can be
rotated clockwise at ground level using a box spanner. Tools can be pushed into or pulled out of
the soil using a lifting/driving tool. Because of the light hammer weight the Mackintosh Probe is
limited in the depths and materials it can penetrate.
OBJECTIVE
Mackintosh Probe test is carried out to determine the bearing capacity of soil. The result obtained
from the test provides a rough estimation of the soil layer at a point.
APPARATUS :
- Rod coupling
- Diving Head - Drop Hammer
- Chalk - Ruler
WORK PROCEDURE
4) Place the rod at land and make sure that the rod is straight.
Discussion:
Number of blow=1661/20
=83.5
For group 2
Number of blow=1033/10
=103.3