EXPERIMENT No.

1
DATE : 23/01/2017

SPECIFIC GRAVITY

S.No. OBSERVATIONS

1 Mass of empty pycnometer (M1)

2 Mass of pycnometer & dry soil (M2)
3 Mass of pycnometer & dry soil+water(M3)
4 Mass of pycnometer &water (M4)
Calculations
5 M2-M1
6 M3-M4
7 specific gravity (G)

Specific gravity (G) = (M2-M1) /((M2-M1)-(M3-M4))

DETERMINATION No.
1 2
98.8 99
290 301.7
464.5 471.5
346.5 347.4

191.2 202.7
118 124.1
2.61 2.58

2.60
 EXPERIMENT No. 2
DATE : 23/01/2017
DRY SIEVE ANALYSIS
MASS OF CUMMULATI 100
PARTICLE SOIL VE % OF
90
SIEVE RETAINED % OF SOIL SOIL % OF SOIL
SIZE mm (gms) RETAINED RETAINED PASSING 80
4.75 24.2 2.42 2.42 97.58
70
2.3 41.9 4.19 6.61 93.39
1.18 181.1 18.11 24.72 75.28 % of finer 60
0.6 305.7 30.57 55.29 44.71 50
0.425 169.1 16.91 72.2 27.8
40
0.3 163.8 16.38 88.58 11.42
0.15 89.9 8.99 97.57 2.43 30
0.075 18.3 1.83 99.4 0.6
20
pan 6 0.6 100 0
1000 10

0
0.01
Mass of soil sample taken = 1000gms
effective size in microns
D10 0.26
D30 0.54
D60 0.7

coefficient of curvature (cc) = D302/(D60*D10)

1.60

uniformity coefficient (Cu) = D60/D10

2.69
RESULT :
Given sample is a well graded gravel
 % of fine vs particle size
100

90

80

70

60
% of finer
50

40

30

20

10

0
0.01 0.1 1 10

particle size(mm)
EXPERIMENT No. 3
DATE : 23/01/2017
SHRINKAGE LIMIT
Determination no.
S.No. Observations and calculations
Sample 1 Sample 2
1 mass of empty shrinkage dish 34.1 32.2

2 mass of shrinkage dish +wet soil pat 73.7 73.7

3 mass of shrinkage dish + dry soil pat 62.4 62.2

3 mass of oven dry soil pat (wa) 28.3 30
4 weight of water 11.3 11.5
5 moisture content of soil pat (W) 39.9 38.3

weight of mercury filled shrinkage dish + weight

6 of shrinkage dish 355.7 355
7 weight of evaporating dish 0 0
8 weight of mercury filling shrinkage dish 321.6 323.7
9 volume of wet soil pat (V) 23.65 23.8
wt of mercury displaced + wt of evaporating
10 dish 216.1 229.7

wt of mercury displaced + wt of evaporating

11 dish 216.1 229.7
12 volume of dry soil pat (Va) 15.89 16.89
13 shrikage limit in % = W- (((V-Va)/Wa)*100) 12.48 15.27
14 shrinkage ratio = Wa/Va 1.78 1.78

shrinkage limit sample 1 13

sample 2 16
14.5
%
%
EXPERIMENT No. 4
DATE : 23/01/2017
FREE SWELL INDEX
VD = volume of soil speciemen under water 15
Vk = Volume of soil specimen under kerosene 11

Free swell index = VD-Vk/VD*100 36.36 %