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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
This document has been prepared with the collaborative effort by the SOIL Department of
The NUST ISLAMABAD, MAQSOOD (LAB TEC) and AHMED (LAB ATTENDENT).
Special dividends paid to SAAD AHMAD, MUHAMMAD DANIAL and MAISAM TAMAR,
MOHSIN WAQAS, SYED UZAIR US SALAM, MUHAMMAD SHOAIB
Above all I would like to acknowledge the special efforts of RABIA HAROON
(ASSITENT PROFESSOR) AND Pakistan for his whole hearted support and help to
Accomplish this task. His guidance and advice on each and every step was the real source of
Encouragement, without which it would have not been possible to complete this document.
CONTACT INFORMATION
FAWAD AKHTAR
Islamabad, Pakistan
Telephone:
0321 9432664
E-mail:
fawaadakhtar@gmail.com
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
EXPIREMENT # 1 PAGE
EXPIREMENT # 2
EXPIREMENT # 3
EXPIREMENT # 4
ATTERBERG LIMITS 8
EXPIREMENT # 5
CLASSIFICATION OF SOIL 9
EXPIREMENT # 6
SHRINKAGE LIMIT 10
EXPIREMENT # 7
EXPIREMENT # 8
EXPIREMENT # 9
EXPERIMENT NO. 1
MOISTURE CONTENT BY OVEN DRYING
METHOD
Mass of wet soil + container W1 45g
M.C=13.3%
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EXPERIMENT NO.2
100
80
60
40
20
0
1 10 100 1000
D10 (Grain D30 (Grain D60 (Grain Cu= D60/ D10 Cc =(D30)2/(D60X D10)
dia at 10% dia at 30% dia at 60%
passing) passing) passing)
0.095 0.4 2.2 23.15 0.76
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EXPERIMENT NO. 3
SPECIFIC GRAVITY OF SOIL
EXPERIMENT NO. 4
ATTERBERG LIMITS
No of blows → 32 18 15
Wt of empty container W3 12 10 13
22
21
20
19
18
17
16
15
14 19 24 29 34
EXPERIMENT NO. 5
CLASSIFICATION OF SOIL
Our soil is coarse grained because passing through no. 200 sieve is 8.25 %. From sieve analysis
graph we get our Cu=23.15 and Cc=0.76. From Atterberg limits we get our LL=18.2% and
PI=4%.
CONCLUSIONS: poorly graded sand with silty clay
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EXPERIMENT NO.6
Shrinkage limit
Wt of dish+mercury=296 gms
Wt of coated dish=11, 12 gms
Sample 1:
Wt of coated dish+wet sample=42g
Wt of dry sample=24
7 Gms of water
Sample 2:
Wt of coated dish+wet sample=48
Wt of dry sample=28
8 Gms of water
Weight of Weight of Volume of Volume of Moisture Shrinkage Shrinkage
wet soil (Mw) dry soil container (V) soil cake (VO) content (w) Limit (SL) Ratio (R)
(MO)
36 28 14.74 28.57 %
31 24 12.21 29.16 %
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EXPERIMENT NO.7
HYDROMETER ANALYSIS OF SOIL
Temp Time Hydromet Corrected Percentage Hydrometer Elapsed L/t K Diamete
(0C) (min) er hydrometer finer correction length (from r
reading reading % only for (from table) table) D
(Ra) (Rc) meniscus (mm)
(Rm)
17.1 1 46 39 99.48 47 8.6 8.6 0.0146 0.0428
17.2 2 41 34 86.73 42 9.4 4.7 0.0146 0.0316
17.2 4 36 29 73.95 37 10.5 2.625 0.0146 0.0236
17.2 8 30 23 58.68 31 11.2 1.4 0.0146 0.0173
17.2 16 26 19 48.48 27 11.9 0.743 0.0146 0.0125
17.7 30 23 16 40.83 24 12.4 0.413 0.0144 0.0092
18.1 60 19.5 12.5 31.91 20.5 13.05 0.217 0.0144 0.0067
19.1 120 17.5 10.5 26.81 18.5 13.1 0.109 0.0142 0.0047
20.3 240 15.5 8.5 21.71 16.5 13.3 0.055 0.0141 0.0033
22.2 480 14 7 17.88 15 13.6 0.283 0.0137 0.0023
28.5 1440 13 6 15.33 14 14 0.009 0.0128 0.0012
110
90
70
% finer
50
30
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EXPERIMENT NO. 8
STANDARD COMPACTION TEST
g. Observation and Data Collection:‐
Internal diameter of proctor mold = 10.16 Cm (4”)
Height of proctor mold = 11.64 Cm (4.584”)
Volume of proctor mold = 943 Cm3 (0.0333 C ft.)
Standard rammer fall = 30.5 Cm (12”)
Standard rammer weight = 2.5Kg (5.5 lb.)
Number of layers = 3
Moisture Content
Observation 1 2 3 4 5
Wt of container + Wet soil W1 58 59 69 60 60
(gm.)
Wt of container + Dry soil W2 56 56 65 56 56
(gm.)
Wt of container (gm.) W3 29 28 33 29 30
Wt of water (gm.) Ww 2 3 4 4 4
Density Trial No
Observation 1 2 3 4 5
Wt of mold + Compacted W1 3182 3363 3504 3495 3463
soil (gm.)
Wt of mold W2 1444 1444 1444 1444 1444
(gm.)
Wt of compacted soil W3 1738 1919 2059 2060 2019
(gm.)
Volume of mold V 944 944 944 944 944
Cm3
Wet density of soil, wet W3/V 1.84 2.032 2.181 2.182 2.138
(gm./Cc)
Dry density of soil, dry wet 1.97 2.24 2.45 2.50 2.46
(gm./Cc) /(1+mc/100)
2.7
2.6
2.5
2.4
dry density
2.3
2.2
2.1
1.9
6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
moisture content
EXPERIMENT NO. 9
MODIFIED COMPACTION TEST
Moisture Content
Observation 1 2 3
Wt of container + Wet soil W1 52 58 66
(gm.)
Wt of container + Dry soil (gm.) W2 50 54 61
Wt of container (gm.) W3 32 28 32
Wt of water (gm.) Ww 2 4 5
Density
Observation 1 2 3
Wt of mold + Compacted soil W1 9247 9463 9098
(gm.)
Wt of mold W2 4302 4302 4302
(gm.)
2.9
2.8
2.7
dry density
2.6
2.5
2.4
2.3
2.2
10.5 11 11.5 12 12.5 13 13.5 14 14.5 15 15.5 16 16.5 17 17.5 18
moisture content %