Definisi CBR (California Bearing Ratio) Metode ini awalnya diciptakan oleh O.

J poter kemudian di kembangkan oleh Califor nia State Highway Departement, kemudian dikembangkan dan dimodifikasi oleh Corps insinyur-isinyur tentara Amerika Serikat (U.S Army Corps of Engineers). Metode ini mengombinasikan percobaan pembebanan penetrasi di laboratorium atau di lapan gan dengan rencana Empiris untuk menentukan tebal lapisan perkerasan. Hal ini di gunakan sebagai metode perencanaan perkerasan lentur (flexible pavement) suatu j alan. Tebal suatu bagian perkerasan ditentukan oleh nilai CBR. CBR adalah perbandingan beban penetrasi pada suatu bahan (test load) dengan beba n dan bahan standar (standard load) pada penetrasi dan kecepatan pembebanan yang sama dan dinyatakan dalam prosentase. Uji CBR dilakukan di lapangan dan di labo raturium. Uji yang dilakukan di lapangan dilaksanakan setelah subgrade selesai d imampatkan dan pengukuran di laboratorium dikaitkan dengan percobaan pemampatan atau CBR design. Harga CBR adalah nilai yang menyatakan kualitas tanah dasar (da ya dukung bahan/tanah) dibandingkan dengan bahan standar berupa batu pecah yang mempunyai nilai CBR sebesar 100% dalam memikul beban. CBR dinyatakan dengan rumu s: PT CBR = ---- x 100% PS Keterangan: PT = beban percobaan (test load) PS = beban standar (standard load) The California bearing ratio (CBR) is a penetration test for evaluation of the m echanical strength of road subgrades and basecourses. It was developed by the Ca lifornia Department of Transportation before World War II. The test is performed by measuring the pressure required to penetrate a soil sam ple with a plunger of standard area. The measured pressure is then divided by th e pressure required to achieve an equal penetration on a standard crushed rock m aterial. The CBR test is described in ASTM Standards D1883-05 (for laboratory-pr epared samples) and D4429 (for soils in place in field), and AASHTO T193. The CB R test is fully described in BS 1377 : Soils for civil engineering purposes : Pa rt 4, Compaction related tests. The CBR rating was developed for measuring the load-bearing capacity of soils us ed for building roads. The CBR can also be used for measuring the load-bearing c apacity of unimproved airstrips or for soils under paved airstrips. The harder t he surface, the higher the CBR rating. A CBR of 3 equates to tilled farmland, a CBR of 4.75 equates to turf or moist clay, while moist sand may have a CBR of 10 . High quality crushed rock has a CBR over 80. The standard material for this te st is crushed California limestone which has a value of 100. CBR=p/ps x 100 CBR p ps = CBR [%] = measured pressure for site soils [N/mm] = pressure to achieve equal penetration on standard soil [N/mm]