Project: IHAB BUILDING

Consolidation Curve

1.055

1.035

1.015

0.995
Voids Ratio, e

0.975

0.955

0.935

0.915

0.895

0.875

0.855

0.835

0.815

0.795

0.775

0.755
1 10 100 1000 10000

p (kn/m2)
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Consolidation Test Results
e vs log P Curve Method Used: Clause 3 of BS 1377-5: 1990
B.H # 1
Depth =3.0m

Almogran Inv. Phase Specimmen location: Top of the original sample

final wt.of water= 25.41
initial wt. Of water 23.25
wt.of wet soil+ring 269.65 gm
wt. of dry soil+ring+cont. 267.09 gm
wt.of wet soil 98.17 gm wt.of cont. 20.69
wt. Of dry soil 74.92 gm F.M.C % = 33.916177256
wt. Of ring 171.48 gm f.wet wt.+ring+cont. 292.5
I.M.C% 31.033101975

D= 6cm Ho= 19.8mm

initial volume= 55.983312

bulck density= 1.7535582747
dry density= 1.3382559431
volume ofsolids 27.748148148 Assume Gs= 2.7
volume of voids= 28.235163852 eo= 1.0175512867
Swelling Pressure, Ps= 80 S= 82.344129901
Laboratory Temperature about 30 deg. (Room Temperature)

P, kg/cm2 P, kn/m2 Reading1 Reading2 deltaH eo delta e e

0 0.01 3000 3002 -0.004 1.0175512867 -0.0004075861 1.0179588728
0.1 10 3002 3002 -0.004 1.0175512867 -0.0004075861 1.0179588728
0.2 20 3002 2972 0.056 1.0175512867 0.00570620566 1.011845081
0.4 65 2972 2841 0.318 1.0175512867 0.03240309642 0.9851481903
0.6 125 2841 2679 0.642 1.0175512867 0.06541757202 0.9521337147
0.8 250 2679 2470 1.06 1.0175512867 0.10801032141 0.9095409653
1.6 500 2470 2162 1.676 1.0175512867 0.17077858366 0.846772703
3.2 1000 2162 1769 2.462 1.0175512867 0.25086925595 0.7666820308
6.4 250 1769 1849 2.302 1.0175512867 0.23456581121 0.7829854755
10 65 1849 1965 2.07 1.0175512867 0.21092581634 0.8066254704
3.2 0.01 1965 2175 1.65 1.0175512867 0.16812927389 0.8494220128