ATTERBERG LIMITS TEST

PROJECT : SOIL INVESTIGATION

LOCATION :
STASIUN :
SAMPLING DEPTH :
TESTING METHOD : ASTM D 424-59, D 4318-(00), AASHTO T89/T90 TESTED BY
LABORATORY : HASANUDDIN UNIVERSITY DATE
Sample No. : 1
Depth of Sample :
Unit Plastic Limit Liquid Limit
Test Number - 1 2 1 2 3
Number of Blows N - - 20 23 31
Container No. or Can No. - A1 A2 B1 B2 C1 C2 D1
Weigth of Wet Soil+Can, W1 gram 12.90 12.50 17.50 17.70 19.10 18.70 24.21
Weigth of Dry Soil+Can, W2 gram 12.10 11.80 15.20 15.30 16.80 16.50 22.40
Weigth of Water, Ww=W1-W2 gram 0.80 0.70 2.30 2.40 2.30 2.20 1.81
Weigth of Can, W3 gram 8.40 8.20 8.30 8.20 9.30 9.20 14.60
Weigth of Dry Soil, Ws=W2-W3 gram 3.70 3.60 6.90 7.10 7.50 7.30 7.80
Water Content, w=Ww/Ws*100% % 21.62 19.44 33.33 33.80 30.67 30.14 23.21
Average of Water Content, w % 20.53 33.57 30.40 23.23
Water C o n ten t, v(% )

Chart for Liquid Limit Determination

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100
Atterberg Limits
Plastic Limit, wp(%)
80 Liquid Limit, wL(%)
wL
60 Plastic Index, Ip=wL-wp
40 f(x) = -25.4983464417 ln(x) + 110.1836662566 Shrinkage Limit, wL(%)

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0 2
1 10 5 100 1000
Number of Blows, N
P la s tic ity In d e x , Ip (% )

Chart for the Unified Soil Classification System

80
U-Line, Ip=0.9 (WL-8)

70

60 A-Line, Ip=0.73 (WL-20)

CH
50

40
CL MH & OH
30 USCS Classification CL
CL-ML
20

10

0
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
Liquid Limit, wL(%)
P la
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60

50

40

30
CL-ML : Sample Position in the Chart
20
ML & OL
10

0
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
Liquid Limit, wL(%)
 ATTERBERG LIMITS TEST
PROJECT : SOIL INVESTIGATION
LOCATION :
STASIUN :
SAMPLING DEPTH :
TESTING METHOD : ASTM D 424-59, D 4318-(00), AASHTO T89/T90 TESTED BY
LABORATORY : HASANUDDIN UNIVERSITY DATE

Sample No. : 1
Depth of Sample :
Unit Plastic Limit Liquid Limit
Test Number - 1 1 2 3
Number of Blows N - 20 23 31
Container No. or Can No. - A1 B1 B2 C1 C2 D1
Weigth of Wet Soil+Can, W1 gram 12.90 17.50 17.70 19.10 18.70 24.21
Weigth of Dry Soil+Can, W2 gram 12.10 15.20 15.30 16.80 16.50 22.40
Weigth of Water, Ww=W1-W2 gram 0.80 2.30 2.40 2.30 2.20 1.81
Weigth of Can, W3 gram 8.40 8.30 8.20 9.30 9.20 14.60
Weigth of Dry Soil, Ws=W2-W3 gram 3.70 6.90 7.10 7.50 7.30 7.80
Water Content, w=Ww/Ws*100% % 21.62 33.33 33.80 30.67 30.14 23.21
Average of Water Content, w % 20.53 33.33 30.40 23.23
Weigth of Can+Hg, W1 gram
Weigth of Shrink dish gram
Weight of displaced Hg + Shrink dish gram
Hg content gr/cm³
Volume of Wet Soil cm³
Volume of Dry Soil cm³
Shrinkage Limit %
Average of Shrinkage Limit %
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Liquid Limit
3
31
D2
24.43
22.50
1.93
14.20
8.30
23.25
23.23

Atterberg Limits
Limit, wp(%)
Limit, wL(%)
Index, Ip=wL-wp
ge Limit, wL(%)
mple Position in the Chart
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Liquid Limit
3
31
D2
24.43
22.50
1.93
14.20
8.30
23.25
23.23
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quid Limit
4
34
E1 E2
21.05 21.11
18.90 19.00
2.15 2.11
8.00 8.30
10.90 10.70
19.72 19.72
19.72
N
31.0
2.0
31.0
34.0
Value
20.53 a=
28.10 b=
7.57 WL=
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quid Limit Shrinkage Limit

4 5
13.0 -
E1 E2 E1 E2
21.1 21.1 67.87
18.9 19.0 44.32
2.2 2.1 23.55
8.0 8.3 10.78
10.9 10.7 33.54
19.7 19.7 70.21
19.7 70.21
256.0
26.5
100.3
13.6
18.0
5.4
32.6
32.63