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‘TRIAXIAL COMPRESSION TEST|Cohesive, Cohesiontess) Oata Sheet 152 Project : Job No. Location of Project Boring No. Sample No. Description of Soi Depth of Sample Tested By ate ot Testing Fill n the blanks with data and appropriate units. Sample Data Sample dimensions: Diam.09 = mm Area Ay= om? igs mm Vol. Vex ————— em? Water content w= _____% Degree of saturation § = Mass Mg = 9 For Cohesionless soils Initial mass of dish + sand -_ Final mass of dish + sand oe Mass of sand used in specimen, M, © ‘Specific gravity of sand Vol. of soil solids in test specimen v= Vol. of voids in test specimen (initial) Initial void ratio of test specimen ae Void ratio of sand at minimum density enai® : - Vokd ratio of sand at maximum density Enin™ Relative density of test specimen TTT Density of test specimen (cohesive, cohesionless) 9 = MelVp= Machine Data Rate of loading _— Imi (insert mm or in) : ‘The following data may not be applicable if machine can be adjusted to tare these attects out of the load readings. * Gross section area of loading piston, dy = —______ em? Upward load on pistcin = A, ay Mass of loading piston Computed value of nal sample load = Copyright © 1992 by McGrew-Hil, Ine. eel TRIAXIAL COMPRESSION TEST Data Sheet 1¢ Project. Job No. Location of Project Boring No. Sample No. Description of Soil Depth of Sample. " Tested By Date of Testing. ; Sample Data: AreaA,=—_______ Length. = Machine Data: Loadrate=_________./min_ Load ring constant LRG idiv. Load unit Aree - cial auain | correction reading aut, | tector tee Pa 1 3 5 6 8 Note: insert units in column headings as necessary. - “The Deviator stress computation shown is based on taring the loading system so that the load ring reading is the Geviator loadvalue, @ = (Col. 3x LACI/A’ Computed Data ‘ Lateral pressure on test specimen os Maximum deviator stress (from stress-strain curve) o = otoy= Maximum value of vertical stress “

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