CBR Lab Report

CALCULATION
Following was observed:

Sample type : distrurbed
Compaction of specimen: Dynamic with IS heavy compaction
Weight of rammer: 4.89 kg
No.of blows :56 nos
Layers of compaction :5 layers
Surcharge wt.placed: 2.9 kg
Condition of specimen :soaked
Soaking period :4 days
Compacting Moisture content: optimum moisture content dry density at OMC
Proving ring conversion Factor :no .of smallest div.of dial gauge x1.282 kgf
Diameter of plunger : 5 mm
Area of plunger: x50/4=1963.5 mm
A. Before Soaking :
Moisture content and dry density determination:
Mould No.
Container No.
Wt. of container with wet soil (X)gm.
1
68
Wt.of container with dry soil (Y) gm.
62
Wt. Of empty container (Z) gm.
Wt. Of water (W)gm.

Wt. Of dry soil (W)gm.
Moisture content (m)=
W/W X100
Volume of mould (Vm)cc
Wt.of mould (Wm) gm
Wt. Of mould + compacted soil (Wbs)gm
3092.50 cc
3300
9675
Wt. Density (Vm)=(Wbs-Wm)/Vm(gm/cc)
2.061
Dry density (V)=Vm/(1+m)(gm/cc)
1.85
A
2
6
53
11.32
B. After Soaking :
Mould No.
Wt. Of mould (Wm) kg
Wt. Of mould + compacted soil after soaking
(Wbs) kg
Wt. Of mould + compacted soil after (Was) kg
Initial reading of the dial gauge of swell
assembly (di) mm
Final reading of the dial gauge of swell
assembly (df) mm
Initial height of specimen (h) mm
Water absorbed (Ww) = (Was-Wbs)/(WbsWm)X100
Expansion ratio (Er)= (df-di)/hX100
1
3.30
9.675
9.915
0
55 x 0.25 =13.75 mm
127.3
3.76
10.80
OBSERVATION DURING PENETRATION AND DETERMINATION OF CBR:

S.no
Penetration
Standard Load
Proving ring dial
Load on plunger (Pt)=
(Y) (mm)
value (P)(kgf)
gauge reading
RxF= Rx1.282 (kgf)
(R)
0
0.5
22
28.204
3
4
5
1
2
2.5
40
78
92
51.28
99.996
117.944
3.5
110
141.02
116
148.712
130
166.66
7.5
154
197.428
10
10
3180
170
217.94
11
12.4
3600
181
232.042
1370
2055
Calculation and finding after plotting the graph of CBR

s.no
Penetration n (Y)
Standard load
Value of load
CBR = (Pg/Ps)x
mm
value (Ps)kgf
from graph
100
2.5
1370
(pg)kgf
117.944
2055
166.66
8.609
8.110
Result:
From the moisture content determine graph the optimum moisture content of the soil sample
was found to be 11.32 %. And from the load penetration graph, the value of load from graph
corresponding to penetration of 2.5 mm and 5.0 mm are calculated and obtained as 117.944
kgf and 166.66 kgf respectively.The CBR value of the soil is found to be 8.6% i.e higher of
these two values.
Conclusion
Normally the CBR value at 2.5 mm penetration whic is higher than at 5.0 mm penetration
which is reported as the CBR value of material . However,here we abtained that the CBR
value at 2.5 mm penetration is higher than that obtained at 5.0 mm penetration . The general
procedure is if this criterion doesnot fulfill by the test should be again repeated and if the
value of CBR at 5.0 mm again comes more than 2.5 mm penetration then the higher value
of the three test specimen is reported as the CBR value.
There may be certain errors for the initial concavity of the load-penetration curve are:
a. The bottom surface of the plunger or the top surface of the soil specimen not being
trully horizontal,with the result the plunger surface not being in full specimen initially
and,
b. The top layer of the specimen being too soft or irregular .
c. There may be error in loading at a rate of 1.25 mm/ minute
A correction is applied for curves curving concavity upwards. A tangent is drawn from the
steepest portion of curve to intersect the x-axis as which is the origin for this specimen. The
penetration value are measured from this corrected origin .
Minimum two sample should be made and test for CBR ,but we test only one sample which
is not the basic rule we followed. So we have to test at least for two sample specimen and
the result should be taken as mean of two which is reported as CBR value of this sample
after correcting if error in curve occurs.According to indian standard soil code the CBR value
between 8 to 20 falls in the range of well graded sand ,our result within this range.
For the optimum moisture content at least three sample should be tested but we test only
one sample which is not correct OMC value of this subgrade soil.
Hance i conclude that the soil sample is well graded sand and the CBR test should be again
done for the correct result and conformation of single sample obsevation data. This CBR
value is more useful for the fiexible pavement design of roads.
References
1. http://www.docstoc.com/docs/84748462/CALIFORNIA-BEARING-RATIO-_-CBR-_TEST
2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mdSmB3CtZM
3. http://www.outbackroads.com/reports/4th_type_2_trial_test_CBR.pdf
4. http://www.aboutcivil.org/california-bearing-ratio-test.html
Table of Contents
Item
No
1.
Introduction
2.
Objectives
3.
Equiments
4.
Procedure
5.
Result
Pages
6.
Calculation
7.
Discussion
8.
Conclusion
9.
References

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CALCULATION

Following was observed:

Wt.of container with dry soil (Y) gm.

Wt. Of empty container (Z) gm.

Wt. Of water (W)gm.

Wt. Density (Vm)=(Wbs-Wm)/Vm(gm/cc)

Dry density (V)=Vm/(1+m)(gm/cc)

OBSERVATION DURING PENETRATION AND DETERMINATION OF CBR:

Proving ring dial

Load on plunger (Pt)=

RxF= Rx1.282 (kgf)

Calculation and finding after plotting the graph of CBR

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