Title Lab 1.4 Atterberg Limit Test - Plastic and Liquid Limit Tests Level of Openness Oel 0 Preamble
Title Lab 1.4 Atterberg Limit Test - Plastic and Liquid Limit Tests Level of Openness Oel 0 Preamble
Title Lab 1.4 Atterberg Limit Test - Plastic and Liquid Limit Tests Level of Openness Oel 0 Preamble
TITLE Lab 1.4 ATTERBERG LIMIT TEST – PLASTIC AND LIQUID LIMIT TESTS
LEVEL OF
OEL 0
OPENNESS
PREAMBLE 1.1 Introduction
The soil has reached its plastic limit when there is sufficient water present to
allow the particles to slide past each other without developing internal cracks
(i.e. 'crumbling').
The soil has reached its liquid limit when the water content is raised to a point
where the suction has been reduced to almost nothing and the mixture behaves
like a liquid (i.e. flows freely under its own weight)
1.2 Objectives
- to determine the liquid limit of a soil using Cone penetration test and Casagrande
test
- to determine the plastic limit of a soil using rolling method
- to determine the plasticity index of a soil
Specific condition:
However, in order to obtain good quality undisturbed samples are usually
expensive and frequently difficult. Furthermore, those tests require time and
skill, and are also expensive.