China Pakistan Economic Corridor KKH Phase II (Havelian-Thakot Section)

Section C
CONSULTANT :
NATIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES
PAKISTAN

FIELD DENSITY TEST BY THE SAND CONE METHOD

Description : Culvert Backfilling Compaction Date. : 16-08-2018

Test No. 1 2 3 4 5
Test Location K112+530 K113+673 K116+853 / /

Mass of wet soil from test pit (g) 9370 10020 8470 / /

Mass of sand before test (g) 19000 19000 19000 / /

Mass of sand after test (g) 10180 9620 10680 / /

Mass of sand in plate & cone (g) 2820 2820 2820 / /

Mass of sand in hole (g) 6000 6560 5500 / /

Unit weight of sand (g/cc) 1.37 1.37 1.37 / /

Volume of test pit (cc) 4379.6 4788.3 4014.6 / /

Wet density (g/cc) 2.14 2.09 2.11 / /

MC by Speedy Moisture Tester (%) 4.3 8.1 9.65 / /

Dry density (g/cc) 2.05 1.94 1.92 / /

Maximum dry density (g/cc) 2.08 2.08 2.08 / /

Optimum moisture content (%) 8.1 8.1 8.1 / /

Achieved compaction (%) 98.6 93.1 92.5 / /

Specified compaction (%) 96 96 96 / /

Status OK Not Ok Not OK / /