Atterberg Limits

Weight of moisture is calculated by subtracting the weight of container & dry soil from the weight of container and wet soil. W.t. of moisture (g) = W.t. of container & wet soil (g) W.t. of container & dry soil (g) W.t. of moisture (g) = The weight of dry soil is calculated by subtracting the weight of the container from the weight of the container & dry soil. W.t. of dry soil (g) = W.t. of container & dry soil (g) W.t. of container (g) W.t. of dry soil (g) = The moisture content is calculated using the following equation:

W.t. of moisture (g) = W.t. of dry soil (g) = 67.82 g 65.31 g = 2.51 grams = (7.43 g / 2.51 g) x 100% = 296.02%

The liquid limit is the water content at which a trapezoidal groove with a specific shape closes after 25 blows. This value is found from ______ . The plastic limit is the water content at which the soil begins to break apart when rolled into threads 1/8" in diameter. The Plastic Index can be found using the following equation: Ip = W1Wp Where: W1 = liquid limit Ip = The Flow Index, If, is the slope of the curve. If = The Liquidity Index , I1 is defined below: Wp = plastic limit

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Diagram for Number of passes calculation (include graphs I made) Calculation of CBR From stress vs. penetration curves (Trials 1-4) CBR.01 = (t.01/1000)*1000 CBR.02 = (t.02/1500)*1000 For Trial 1

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Calculation of design CBR

Specific Gravity Determination Sample Calculations

The laboratory data obtained and calculated for Experiment 2 can be found in Appendix X under Table X. The weight of flask and water at a temperature Tx can be calculated using the following equation: ( ( Wfw= weight of flask and water in grams Wf= weight of flask gw= density of water at specific temperature in gm/cc gw22C=Gwo = 0.99780(1gm/cc) = 0.99780gm/cc where Gw is the specific gravity of water at 22 C ) ) ( )

Since T1=Tx , the value of Wfw is the same. The weight of oven dry soil in grams is found by subtracting the weight of container, watch glass and soil from the weight of container and watch glass.

The specific gravity of soil grains at Tx=22C can be found using the following equation:

Wfws, the weight of flask, water and soil and Wfw, the weight of flask and water are the values at Tx.

2.7459 The specific gravity at 20C can be found using the following equation:

gw @ 20C = Gwo = 0.99823(1gm/cc) = 0.99823gm/cc gw at Tx=22C was found in calculating and is 0.99780gm/cc

The specific gravity at 4C can be found using the same equation used to find the specific gravity at 20C.

gw @ 4C= Gwo = 1.0(1gm/cc) = 1.0 gm/cc