NAME OF TEST: TO DETERMINE THE SHRINKAGE LIMIT AND SHRINKAGE FACTORS

OF SOIL.

APPARATUS REQUIRED:
I. Oven: thermostatically controlled to maintain the temperature between 1050C and 1100C.
II. Sieve:- 425 micron IS sieve
III. Weighing balance:- sensitive to 0.1g and 0.01g
IV. Mercury:- clean, sufficient to fill the glass cup
V. Desiccators: with any desiccating agent other than sulphuric acid.
VI. Shrinkage cups
VII. Prong Plate
VIII. Plain Plate
IX. Evaporating dish
X. Spatula
XI. Measuring cylinder

RESULT AND DISCUSSION:

The shrinkage limit of soil is 11.43%. The average shrinkage ration and volumetric shrinkage are
1.69 gm/ml and 42.93 respectively. Similarly the shrinkage index of soil is 2.41 %.
OBSERVATION AND CALCULATION

SN Description Test No. 1 Test No. 2 Tets No. 3

1 Determination No. 1 2 3
2 Shrinkage Dish No. S-1 S-2 S-3
3 Weight of Shrinkage Dish in gm 35.82 34.92 41.13
4 Weight of Shrinkage Dish + wet soil pat in gm 79.53 77.72 85.49
5 weight of shrinkage dish + dry soil pat in gm 67.80 66.18 73.56
6 weight of oven dry soil pat (W0) in gm. 31.98 31.26 32.43
7 weight of water in gm 11.73 11.54 11.93
8 Moisture content (w) of soil pat in % 36.68 36.92 36.79
9 Density of Mercury (gm/ml) 13.53 13.53 13.53
weight of mercury filling + weight of Glass
10 744.53 744.76 745.08
cup
11 weight of mercury filling shrinkage dish in gm 364.06 357.96 373.09
12 weight of Glass Cup in gm 64.22 64.22 64.22
weight of mercury after displaced by the dry
13 479.03 497.72 490.90
soil pat + weight of Glass cup in gm
14 volume of wet soil pat (V) in ml 26.91 26.46 27.58
Weight of Mercury displaced by dry soil pat in
15 265.50 247.04 254.18
gm
16 volume of dry soil pat (V0) in ml 19.62 18.26 18.79
17 (V-V0)/W0 x100 22.78 26.23 27.10
18 Shrinkage Limit from equation (2) 13.90 10.69 9.69
19 Average Shrinkage Limit (Ws), % 11.43
20 Shrinkage Ratio from equation (4) 1.63 1.71 1.73
21 Average Shrinkage Ratio ( R ) , gm/ml 1.69
22 volumetric Shrinkage from equation (5) 37.12 44.90 46.78
23 Average volumetric Shrinkage (Vs) 42.93
24 Plasticity Index (Ip) 13.84
25 Shrinkage Index (Is) from equation (1), % 2.41