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ENGINEERING
DEPT.OF GEOTECHNICAL AND
TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING
GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING LABORATORY
REPORT
SUBJECT CODE
TEST CODE & TITLE
COURSE CODE
TESTING DATE
STUDENT NAME
GROUP
DEPT.
OF GEOTECHNICAL
GROUP
MEMBER
NAMES
3.
4. ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
FACULTY OF CIVIL &
5.
LECTURER/ INSTRUCTOR/ TUTOR
NAME I, hereby confess that I have
ATTENDANCE/ DISCIPLINE
& INVOLVEMENT
/15%
DATA ANALYSIS
/20%
RESULT
/20%
_________________
DISCUSSION
Student Signature
CONCLUSION
/25%
/20%
TOTAL
EXAMINER COMMENT
Name
/100%
RECEIVED STAMP
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4.0 APPARATUS:
1. The most important piece of apparatus for this test is the hand of operator, which should
be clean and free from grease.
2. Evaporating dish.
3. A separate glass plate reserved for rolling of threads. This should be smooth and free from
scratches, and about 300 mm square and 10mm thick. The surface condition of the plate
can affect the behaviour of rolled threads, and the use of unscratched glass reduces the
likelihood of discrepancies. An alternative is to reserve one side of the mixing plate for
thread rolling, and avoid mixing the soil on this area.
4. Two palette knives or spatulas.
5. A short length (say 100 mm) of 3mm diameter metal rod.
6. Standard moisture content apparatus (container, balance and oven)
ii)
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Figure 2.3 : Rolling into ball and four equal part of soil after divide.
iii)
Figure 2.4 : The soil specimen is rolled under the fingers into a thread 3 mm diameter.
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(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
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Results Calculation
(a) Calculate the moisture content of the soil in each of the two containers. Take the average of
the two results.
(b) If they differ by more than 0.5% moisture content, the test should be repeated.
Location : RECESS
Soil description: Silty CLAY
Sample type : Undisturbed
Operator: A . Z. S
Test Number
Can Number
Mass of can + moist soil (Mcws)
Mass of can + dry soil (Mcs)
Mass of can (Mc)
Mass of dry soil (Ms)
Mass of water (Mw)
Water content
Plastic limit
Units
gram
gram
gram
gram
gram
%
%
1
11
46.76
32.51
8.31
24.20
14.25
58.88
2
21
57.20
38.31
8.35
29.96
18.89
63.05
3
32
63.60
41.64
8.26
33.38
21.96
65.79
4
41
71.72
45.78
8.29
37.49
25.94
69.19
64.27
w=
mw 14.25
=
= 0.5888or58.88%
ms 24.20
Loc. No. :
Sample No. :
Depth of Sample :
Date Started :
Test Number
Can Number
Mass of can + moist soil (Mcws)
Mass of can + dry soil (Mcs)
Mass of can (Mc)
Mass of dry soil (Ms)
Mass of water (Mw)
Water content
Plastic limit
Units
gram
gram
gram
gram
gram
%
%
Plastic limit
Liquid limit
Plasticity index
%
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8.0 CALCULATIONS
9.0 DISCUSSIONS
10.0 CONCLUSION
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TRANSPORTATION
ENGINEERING
TEST TITLE: PLASTIC LIMIT TEST
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11.0 QUESTIONS 1
(a) What is the definition of plastic limit?
(b) A sample of wet clay and its container weigh 102 g.After oven drying the sample and the
container weigh 60 g. What is the water content and plastic limit for the soil?
QUESTIONS 2
(a) What is the different between liquid limit and plastic limit?
(b) A sample of wet clay weighs 176 g. After oven drying the sample weigh 60 g and its container
is 7.32 g. What is the water content and plastic limit for the soil?