Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Shrinkage Limits - Set 2
Shrinkage Limits - Set 2
Reg.No:0002804 .
Title Of Project :consitency limit.(shrinkage
limit).
Group.No: S2 .
Date-Day: 18/10/2001 Sunday.
The Civil Engineering Center 1 Visit www.AHM531.com for more lecture notes and E-books!
A H M 531 Shrinkage Limits By: Mu'men Al-Otoom
Objective:
U
Theory:
U
volume
of soil
Wi-Wf
SL=Wf W% =Wi
SL = Wi- ΔW%
ΔW% =( ΔV. צw / Ws ). R R
ΔV=V°-Vf .
B B B B
The Civil Engineering Center 2 Visit www.AHM531.com for more lecture notes and E-books!
A H M 531 Shrinkage Limits By: Mu'men Al-Otoom
laboratory experiment. B
Uses:
U
The Civil Engineering Center 3 Visit www.AHM531.com for more lecture notes and E-books!
A H M 531 Shrinkage Limits By: Mu'men Al-Otoom
dry soil).
After that find (Wi) =
(W2 - W3/W3 - W1)x100
B B B B B B B B
Ws= W3 - W1 B B B B
ΔV= V° -Vf . B B B B
(mercory)
V° = (W4 - W1) / (denisty of mercory).
B B B B B B
B) (SL)linear:
Take (L° ) of mold.Then Put amount of wet soil
B B
The Civil Engineering Center 4 Visit www.AHM531.com for more lecture notes and E-books!
A H M 531 Shrinkage Limits By: Mu'men Al-Otoom
soil)=60.16g.
W3 : weight of (evaporating dish + dry
B B
soil)=50.274g.
W4 : weight of mercory & evaporating
B B
dish=262.81g.
W5 : weight of the lost mercory with
B B B B
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B B
( 262.81-31.93)/(13.6)=16.98 .
Vf =((W4)-(W5)) /(denisty of mercory) =
B B B B B B
W% = ( ΔV. צw / Ws ) R R
= (6.27x1) / (18.344)=34.2
SL = Wi- ΔW% = 53.9 - 34.2 = 19.7
W3 B B W2 B W2 -W3
B B B B B
B) (SL) linear:
Linear (SL)=( ΔL/L° )= ( L° - Lf ) / L° B B B B B B B B B B
B L° = 14cm( standerd)
B B B
The Civil Engineering Center 5 Visit www.AHM531.com for more lecture notes and E-books!
A H M 531 Shrinkage Limits By: Mu'men Al-Otoom
The Civil Engineering Center 6 Visit www.AHM531.com for more lecture notes and E-books!
A H M 531 Shrinkage Limits By: Mu'men Al-Otoom
Errors :
• error in weighting (mercory , evaporating dish
& -wet or dry- soil ).
• error in drying when the organic object is fire.
• Error when you don’t use grace on dish.
• Error when we dry the amount of soil quickly.
The Civil Engineering Center 7 Visit www.AHM531.com for more lecture notes and E-books!