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LABORATORY TEST RESULTS

MOISTURE CONTENT

SOIL CAN WT. OF WT. OF CAN + WT. OF CAN + MOISTURE

NO. CAN, g SOIL, g DRIED SOIL, g CONTENT, %

1 A-51 16.09 20.70 18.57 85.887

2 A-12 15.97 28.03 22.42 86.977

3 A-82 16.04 25.40 21.06 86.454

ωave= 86.439%
SPECIFIC GRAVITY

WEIGHT OF AIR DRY SAMPLE 100g

WEIGHT OF FLASK 153.07 g

WEIGHT OF FLASK + WATER 514.38 g

TEMPERATURE OF WATER 24.5°C

WEIGHT OF WATER + FLASK + SAMPLE 545.35 g

TEMPERATURE OF WATER + SOIL 25°C

WEIGHT OF PAN + OVEN DRY SAMPLE 168.06 g

WEIGHT OF PAN 118.75 g

PAN NO A-13

WEIGHT OF WATER 18.34 g

SPECIFIC GRAVITY 2.686

Gs= 2.686
SIEVE ANALYSIS

Percent Percent
Sieve Mass Cumulative Mass Passing
Sieve size (mm) Retained
# Retained (g) Retained
% %

4 4.75 58.92 58.92 11.788 92.65

8 2.63 95.99 154.91 19.205 78.03

10 2 29.86 184.77 5.974 73.40

20 0.85 123.37 308.14 24.683 51.09

30 0.6 48.13 356.27 9.630 42.07

40 0.425 36.12 392.39 7.227 34.76

60 0.25 42.89 435.28 8.581 24.55

100 0.15 28.70 463.98 5.742 15.31

200 0.075 28.56 492.54 5.714 7.23

Pan 0 7.27 499.81 1.456 0.00

∑=499.81 ∑=100%
 GRAIN SIZE DISTRIBUTION CURVE
100
90
80
70
PERCENT FINER,%

60
50
40
30
20
10
0
4.75 2.63 2 0.85 0.6 0.425 0.25 0.15 0.075 0
SIEVE OPENING, MM

D75 = 3.106 D25 = 0.510

D60 = 1.859 D10 = 0.199
D30 = 0.633

UNCONFINED COMPRESSION TEST

CYLINDER 1

HEIGHT = 17.5 cm LOAD DIAL= 1.9200 N/div

DIAMETER= 7.567 cm DEF DIAL= 0.0010 in/div
WEIGHT= 991.15 grams MOISTURE CONTENT= 81.140%
AREA= 44.971 cm²
DEF LOAD SAMPLE TOTAL UNIT AREA CORR. CORRECTED SAMPLE
DIAL DIAL DEF. LOAD, N STRAIN, % FACTOR AREA STRESS, kPa

5 5 0.0127 9.6 0.0726 1.0007 45.0026 2.1332

10 9 0.0254 17.28 0.1451 1.0015 45.0353 3.8370

15 13 0.0381 24.96 0.2177 1.0022 45.0679 5.5383

20 16 0.0508 30.72 0.2903 1.0029 45.1005 6.8114

25 20 0.0635 38.40 0.3629 1.0036 45.1332 8.5082

30 25 0.0762 48.00 0.4354 1.0044 45.1658 10.6275

35 28 0.0889 53.76 0.5080 1.0051 45.1984 11.8942

40 32 0.1016 61.44 0.5806 1.0058 45.2311 13.5836

45 36 0.1143 69.12 0.6531 1.0065 45.2637 15.2705

50 40 0.1270 76.80 0.7257 1.0073 45.2964 16.9550

55 43 0.1397 82.56 0.7983 1.0080 45.3290 18.2135

60 47 0.1524 90.24 0.8709 1.0087 45.3616 19.8935

65 49 0.1651 94.08 0.9434 1.0094 45.3943 20.7251

70 53 0.1778 101.76 1.0160 1.0102 45.4269 22.4008

75 56 0.1905 107.52 1.0886 1.0109 45.4595 23.6518

80 59 0.2032 113.28 1.1611 1.0116 45.4922 24.9010

85 64 0.2159 122.88 1.2337 1.0123 45.5248 26.9919

90 68 0.2286 130.56 1.3063 1.0131 45.5574 28.6583

95 72 0.2413 138.24 1.3789 1.0138 45.5901 30.3224

100 77 0.2540 147.84 1.4514 1.0145 45.6227 32.4049

105 80 0.2667 153.60 1.5240 1.0152 45.6553 33.6434

110 82 0.2794 157.44 1.5966 1.0160 45.6880 34.4598

115 85 0.2921 163.20 1.6691 1.0167 45.7206 35.6951

120 88 0.3048 168.96 1.7417 1.0174 45.7532 36.9285

125 93 0.3175 178.56 1.8143 1.0181 45.7859 38.9989

130 96 0.3302 184.32 1.8869 1.0189 45.8185 40.2283

135 96 0.3429 184.32 1.9594 1.0196 45.8512 40.1996

 140 95 0.3556 182.4 2.0320 1.0203 45.8838 39.7526

145 92 0.3683 176.64 2.1046 1.0210 45.9164 38.4699

CYLINDER 2

HEIGHT = 15 cm LOAD DIAL= 1.9200 N/div

DIAMETER= 7.233 cm DEF DIAL= 0.0010 in/div
WEIGHT= 869.20 grams MOISTURE CONTENT= 78.625%
AREA= 42.233 cm²
DEF LOAD SAMPLE TOTAL UNIT AREA CORR. CORRECTED SAMPLE
DIAL DIAL DEF. LOAD, N STRAIN, % FACTOR AREA STRESS, kPa

5 5 0.0127 9.6 0.0847 1.0008 42.2688 2.2712

10 8 0.0254 15.36 0.1693 1.0017 42.3045 3.6308

15 11 0.0381 21.12 0.2540 1.0025 42.3403 4.9882

20 17 0.0508 32.64 0.3387 1.0034 42.3760 7.7025

25 21 0.0635 40.32 0.4233 1.0042 42.4118 9.5068

30 26 0.0762 49.92 0.5080 1.0051 42.4475 11.7604

35 32 0.0889 61.44 0.5927 1.0059 42.4833 14.4622

40 37 0.1016 71.04 0.6773 1.0068 42.5191 16.7078

45 41 0.1143 78.72 0.7620 1.0076 42.5548 18.4985

50 45 0.1270 86.40 0.8467 1.0085 42.5906 20.2862

55 48 0.1397 92.16 0.9313 1.0093 42.6263 21.6204

60 52 0.1524 99.84 1.0160 1.0102 42.6621 23.4025

65 57 0.1651 109.44 1.1007 1.0110 42.6978 25.6313

70 61 0.1778 117.12 1.1853 1.0119 42.7336 27.4070

75 66 0.1905 126.72 1.2700 1.0127 42.7694 29.6287

 80 72 0.2032 138.24 1.3547 1.0135 42.8051 32.2952

85 75 0.2159 144.00 1.4393 1.0144 42.8409 33.6128

90 79 0.2286 151.68 1.5240 1.0152 42.8766 35.3759

95 82 0.2413 157.44 1.6087 1.0161 42.9124 36.6887

100 86 0.2540 165.12 1.6933 1.0169 42.9481 38.4464

105 86 0.2667 165.12 1.7780 1.0178 42.9839 38.4144

110 84 0.2794 161.28 1.8627 1.0186 43.0197 37.4898

115 83 0.2921 159.36 1.9473 1.0195 43.0554 37.0128

CYLINDER 3

HEIGHT = 9 cm LOAD DIAL= 1.9200 N/div

DIAMETER= 7.600 cm DEF DIAL= 0.0010 in/div
WEIGHT= 539.81 grams MOISTURE CONTENT= 80.645%
AREA= 45.365 cm²

DEF LOAD SAMPLE TOTAL UNIT AREA CORR. CORRECTED SAMPLE

DIAL DIAL DEF. LOAD, N STRAIN, FACTOR AREA STRESS, kPa
%

5 5 0.0127 9.60 0.1411 1.0014 45.4290 2.1132

10 10 0.0254 19.20 0.2822 1.0028 45.4930 4.2204

15 14 0.0381 26.88 0.4233 1.0042 45.5570 5.9003

20 18 0.0508 34.56 0.5644 1.0056 45.6211 7.5754

25 23 0.0635 44.16 0.7056 1.0071 45.6851 9.6662

30 27 0.0762 51.84 0.8467 1.0085 45.7491 11.3314

35 32 0.0889 61.44 0.9878 1.0099 45.8131 13.4110

40 36 0.1016 69.12 1.1289 1.0113 45.8771 15.0663

45 41 0.1143 78.72 1.2700 1.0127 45.9411 17.1350

50 46 0.1270 88.32 1.4111 1.0141 46.0052 19.1979

55 49 0.1397 94.08 1.5522 1.0155 46.0692 20.4215

60 53 0.1524 101.76 1.6933 1.0169 46.1332 22.0579

65 56 0.1651 107.52 1.8344 1.0183 46.1972 23.2741

70 60 0.1778 115.20 1.9756 1.0198 46.2612 24.9021

75 63 0.1905 120.96 2.1167 1.0212 46.3252 26.1110

80 67 0.2032 128.64 2.2578 1.0226 46.3892 27.7306

85 72 0.2159 138.24 2.3989 1.0240 46.4533 29.7589

90 76 0.2286 145.92 2.5400 1.0254 46.5173 31.3690

95 80 0.2413 153.60 2.6811 1.0268 46.5813 32.9746

100 85 0.2540 163.20 2.8222 1.0282 46.6453 34.9874

105 89 0.2667 170.88 2.9633 1.0296 46.7093 36.5837

110 89 0.2794 170.88 3.1044 1.0310 46.7733 36.5336

115 86 0.2921 165.12 3.2456 1.0325 46.8373 35.2539

 UNIT STRAIN VS STRESS GRAPH
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STRESS, KPA

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0
0 1 2
UNIT STRAIN, %
Cylinder 1 Cylinder 2 Cylinder 3
DIRECT SHEAR TEST
Area of Specimen = 0.002581 m2
Wt. of Frame = 7725g
Wt. of Marble and Plate = 225 g
Load Dial = 2.81N/Div

TRIAL LOAD, lb SHEAR NORMAL NORMAL SHEAR SHEAR

DIAL FORCE, N STRESS, kPa FORCE, N STRESS, kPa

1 10 130 120.272 46.599 365.3 141.534

2 20 144 164.762 63.836 404.64 156.776

3 30 196 209.252 81.074 550.`76 213.390

4 40 219 253.741 98.311 615.39 238.431

SHEAR STRESS VS NORMAL STRESS

250
GRAPH

200
SHEAR STRESS, KPA

150

100

ϴ = 20˚
50
C=66.667

0
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
NORMAL STRESS, KPA
 ATTERBERG LIMITS
LIQUID LIMIT

TRIAL CAN WT. OF WT. OF WT. OF WT. OF WT. OF DRY WATER NO. OF
NO. CAN, g WET SOIL DRY SOIL DRY MOISTURE, CONTENT, BLOWS
+ CAN, g + CAN, g SOIL, g g %

1 A-03 16.16 22.1 20.53 4.37 1.57 35.93 40

2 1Q 16.11 20.95 19.64 3.53 1.31 37.11 30

3 3Q 15.85 21.03 19.58 3.73 1.45 38.87 25

4 A-32 15.76 21.41 19.8 4.04 1.61 39.85 20

5 A-69 16.08 21.83 20.16 4.08 1.67 40.93 15

PLASTIC LIMIT

TRIAL CAN NO. WT. OF CAN, WT. OF CAN WT. OF CAN + MOISTURE
g + MOIST, g DRY SOIL, g CONTENT, ω

1 A-77 16.04 17.29 16.97 34.41%

2 A-Q 16.17 17.3 16.99 37.80%

3 2 16.24 17.18 16.98 36.23%

Liquid Limit = 38.890 % Plastic Limit = 36.147%

Plastic Index = 2.743 % Shrinkage Limit = 32%

 LIQUID LIMIT FLOW CURVE
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41

40
MOISTURE CONTENT, Ω

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38

37

36

35

34
15 20 25 30 40
NO. OF BLOWS

U-LINE A-LINE
45
SHRINKAGE LIMIT40 GRAPH
40
35
PLASTICITY INDEX

30 30
25
20 20
15
10 10
5
0
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45
LIQUID LIMIT

SL = 32%
SOIL COMPACTION

WT. OF MOLD WT. OF WT. OF DRY CAN WT. OF MOISTURE

TRIAL
+ SOIL MOIST + CAN SOIL + CAN NO. CAN CONTENT

T 36.62 36.51 A-24 16.48 0.58

1 4.23
B 35.75 35.67 A-46 16.24 0.41

T 27.84 25.72 A-17 16.11 22.06

2 4.63
B 31.40 28.56 A-70 16.40 23.36

T 33.74 29.33 A-60 15.86 32.74

3 4.91
B 38.83 32.26 A-86 15.57 37.57

T 42.96 34.83 A-76 15.94 43.04

4 4.85
B 49.91 39.47 A-51 16.03 44.54

T 61.49 45.23 A-48 16.00 55.63

5 4.79
B 62.63 46.05 A-32 15.81 54.83

TRIAL WT. OF SOIL MOISTURE CONTENT MOIST UNIT WT. DRY UNIT WT.

1 0.97 0.48 10.08 10.03

2 1.38 22.71 14.34 11.69

3 1.65 35.16 17.08 12.64

4 1.60 43.79 16.60 11.54

5 1.54 55.23 15.96 10.28

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δd MAX = 12.65KN/m³ 12.64

12 O.M.C. = 38%
11.69 11.54

10.28
10 10.03
Dry Unit Weight, KN/m³

0
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60
Moisture Content, %
SOIL BEARING CAPACITY

ANGLE OF FRICTION, ϴ 14˚

COHESION, kPa 66.667 kPa

MAXIMUN DRY UNIT WEIGHT, KN/m³ 12.65 KN/m³

WIDTH OF FOUNDATION, m 2m

DEPTH OF FOUNDATION, m 2m

q, KN/m³ 25.3 KN/m³

Nc, 10.37

Nq 3.59

Nδ 2.29

SQUARE FOUNDATION

qu = 1.3(66.667)(10.37)+25.3(3.59)+0.4(12.65)(2)(2.29)
qu = 1012.740 kPa

SHALLOW FOUNDATION

qu = 66.667(10.37)+25.3(3.59)+0.3(12.65)(2)(2.29)
qu =799.545 kPa

CIRCULAR FOUNDATION

qu = 1.3(66.667)(10.37)+25.3(3.59)+0.3(12.65)(2)(2.29)
qu= 1006.946 kPa

FACTOR OF SAFETY

Fs = qu(Shallow) / qu(Allowable)
q allowable = 1012.740/3
q allowable = 337.580 kPa

Fs = 799.545/337.58

Fs = 2.368