Ring Diameter

Ring Height
Ring Height
Area of Ring
Area of Ring
Volume of Ring

Before Test
Wt. of Ring + wet soil (g)
Wt. of Ring (g)

Elapsed Time

00 min
0.25 min
0.50 min
1.00 min
2.00 min
4.00 min
8.00min
16 min
Unloading readings

Applied load

kg
0
 0.25
0.5
1
2
4
8
16

Determination of coffi
0.65
0.60
0.55
0.50

Void Ratio e
0.45
0.40 av = 3.5×10-3
0.35
0.30
0.25
0.20
0 5 10 15
Effective Cons

Precosolidation Stress
0.65
0.60
0.55
0.50
Void Ratio e

0.45
0.40
0.35
0.30
0.25
1
Effectiv

x-axis
x1
 x2

av
 Observations and Calculations
5 cm Least count of dial guage 0.002
2 cm Gs 2.65
20 mm ϒd 1.77
19.625 cm 2 ϒw 1
0.00196 m2 Ws(ϒd×V) 69.473
39.25 cm 3 Hs (Ws/Gs*A*ϒw) 1.336
Hs 13.358

Before Test NMC After Test

139.09 Container No. 97 Wt. of Ring + wet soil (g)
59.16 Wt. of cont. + wet soil (g) 113.17 Wt. of Ring + dry soil (g)
Wt. of cont. + dry soil (g) 99.55 Final Moisture Content (%)
Wt. of Container (g) 22.91
Moisture Content(%) 17.8

Load (kg)
0.25 0.5 1 2
3000 2903 2827 2706
2940 2858 2755 2614
2929 2853 2750 2608
2924 2847 2742 2602
2914 2838 2731 2595
2903 2827 2719 2588
2712 2583
2706
1790 1650

Applied load Stress σ(F/A) Change in pressure Δσ Deformation ΔH

kN kPa kPa mm
0.000 0.000 0 0
 0.002 1.250 1.296 0.194
0.005 2.499 1.296 0.152
0.010 4.999 2.592 0.242
0.020 9.997 5.185 0.246
0.039 19.995 10.370 0.354
0.078 39.990 20.740 0.402
0.157 79.980 41.480 0.446

Determination of Compressio
0.65
etermination of cofficient of Compressibility 0.60
0.55
0.50

Void Ratio e
0.45
0.40
C c = 0.1
0.35

v = 3.5×10-3 0.30
0.25
0.20
1 10
Effective Consolidation Stress Δσ
5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45
Effective Consolidation Stress Δσ (kPa)

recosolidation Stress from Cassagrande Method Taylor's Square Root of Time

2840
2820
2800
2780
Cv= 0.029 cm2/sec
Dial Readings

2760
2740
2720
R 90 = 2750
2700
2680
σp= 9.5 kPa 2660
t90 = 0.6
2640
10 100 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5

Effective Stress σ (kPa) Root Time (√min

#1
x-axis y-axis
9 y1 0.35
 29 y2 0.42

3.5×10-3
0.0035
 mm
2.65
g/cc
g/cc
grams
cm
mm

After Test
137.02
125.5
17.4

4 8 16 32 64
2583 2406 2205 1982 1818
2450 2253 2015 1860 1530
2445 2239 2005 1850 1520
2434 2228 2000 1840 1510
2427 2220 1998 1829 1500
2418 2212 1982 1818 1491
2406 2205

1560 1491

Height of Void ratio e Dial

Strain Elapsed Time
sample H Readings
mm % min √(time) div.
20 0.000 0.61900 0 0 2827
 19.806 0.069 0.61790 0.25 0.5 2755
19.654 ..5921 0.60841 0.5 0.7071068 2750
19.412 2.706 0.56603 1 1 2742
19.166 2.792 0.52349 2 1.4142136 2731
18.812 2.204 0.49060 4 2 2719
18.41 4.250 0.42984 8 2.8284271 2712
17.964 4.330 0.37040 16 4 2706

rmination of Compression Index

0.1

10 100
Effective Consolidation Stress Δσ (kPa)

r's Square Root of Time Fitting Method

d0
d90
T=( Cv*t90)/H2
= 0.029 cm2/sec
v
Cv= 0.094 cm2/sec d100
d50
t90 0.55 min
T 0.242
H 2 33 sec
1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 0.0293333
cm
Root Time (√min)

#2
x-axis y-axis
x1 2 y1 0.35
 x2 25 y2 0.46

Cc 0.100
0.100
 2828
2750

2741.3333
2784.6667