CIVIL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

DETERMINATION OF MOISTURE /DENSITY RELATIONSHIP OF CLAY SOIL

USING 0% RICE HUSK ASH AND LIME

Wt. of mould and wet soil (W2)……..gr 4030.7 4148.3 4321.3 4277.6
Wt. of mould empty (W1)……….…....gr 2250.5 2250.5 2250.5 2250.5
Wt. of wet soil (W2-W1)……………....gr 1780.2 1897.8 2070.8 2027.1
Bulk Density gb= (W2-W1)/X g/cm 3 8.7166 1.9026 2.0761 2.0323

Container No. 79 84 121 84

Wt. of soil and container………………....gr 36.20 35.60 33.50 36.00
Wt. of wet soil and container….……….gr 33.50 32.90 30.30 32.50
Wt. of container………………………..……..gr 5.40 4.60 5.40 5.50
Wt. of moisture (Wm)………………..…….gr 2.70 2.70 3.20 3.50
Wt. of dry soil (Wd)……………………...….gr 28.10 28.30 24.90 27.00
Moisture contents (100Wm/Wd)…..…% 9.61 9.54 12.85 12.96
Average moisture content (m)………..% 9.57 12.91
Dry density gd = (100δb/(100+m)) g/cm 3 7.95 1.69

FROM THE GRAPH PLOTTED,

MAX. DRY DENSITY =1.67g/cm3

1.7

1.65

1.6
dry density g/cm3

1.55

1.5

1.45

1.4

1.35
17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27
moisture content %
 DETERMINATION OF MOISTURE/DENSITY RELATIONSHIP OF CLAY SOIL
USING 2% RICE HUSK ASH AND LIME

Wt. of mould and wet soil (W2)……..gr 3581 3790 3850 3781
Wt. of mould empty (W1)……….…....gr 1840 1840 1840 1840
Wt. of wet soil (W2-W1)……………....gr 1741 1950 2010 1941
Bulk Density gb= (W2-W1)/X g/cm3 1.7454 1.9550 2.0151 1.9459

Container No. 204 89 99 99 66

Wt. of soil and container………………....gr 28.30 26.90 29.90 31.50 30.70
Wt. of wet soil and container….……….gr 24.60 23.50 26.20 27.50 25.70
Wt. of container………………………..……..gr 4.70 4.70 4.70 5.40 4.60
Wt. of moisture (Wm)………………..…….gr 3.70 3.40 3.70 4.00 5.00
Wt. of dry soil (Wd)……………………...….gr 19.90 18.80 21.50 22.10 21.10
Moisture contents (100Wm/Wd)…..…% 18.59 18.09 17.21 18.10 23.70
Average moisture content (m)………..% 18.34 17.65 23.26
Dry density gd = (100δb/(100+m)) g/cm 3 1.47 1.66 1.63

1.70

1.65

1.60
dry density g/cm3

1.55

1.50

1.45

1.40

1.35
17.00 18.00 19.00 20.00 21.00 22.00 23.00 24.00 25.00 26.00 27.00
moisture content %
 DETERMINATION OF MOISTURE/DENSITY RELATIONSHP OF CLAY SOIL
USING 4% RICE HUSK ASH AND LIME

Wt. of mould and wet soil (W2)……..gr 3311 3421 3620 3688 3648
Wt. of mould empty (W1)……….…....gr 1840 1840 1840 1840 1840
Wt. of wet soil (W2-W1)……………....gr 1471 1581 1780 1848 1808
Bulk Density gb= (W2-W1)/X g/cm3 1.4747 1.5850 1.7845 1.8527 1.8126

Container No. 203 92 121 29 76 12 87 83 44 3A

Wt. of soil and container………………....gr 33.90 34.90 35.10 30.90 29.60 27.30 39.50 36.90 40.90 44.60
Wt. of wet soil and container….……….gr 30.50 31.80 30.80 27.50 25.70 23.50 33.30 31.10 33.50 36.40
Wt. of container………………………..……..gr 5.50 5.60 5.60 5.40 4.90 4.80 5.60 5.50 4.60 4.70
Wt. of moisture (Wm)………………..…….gr 3.40 3.10 4.30 3.40 3.90 3.80 6.20 5.80 7.40 8.20
Wt. of dry soil (Wd)……………………...….gr 25.00 26.20 25.20 22.10 20.80 18.70 27.70 25.60 28.90 31.70
Moisture contents (100Wm/Wd)…..…% 13.60 11.83 17.06 15.38 18.75 20.32 22.38 22.66 25.61 25.87
Average moisture content (m)………..% 12.72 16.22 19.54 22.52 25.74
Dry density gd = (100δb/(100+m)) g/cm 3 1.31 1.36 1.49 1.51 1.44

1.55

1.50

1.45
dry density g/cm3

1.40

1.35

1.30

1.25

1.20
12.00 14.00 16.00 18.00 20.00 22.00 24.00 26.00 28.00
moisture content %
 USING 6% OF RICE HUSK ASH AND LIME

Wt. of mould and wet soil (W2)……..gr 3451 3650 3718 3679
Wt. of mould empty (W1)……….…....gr 1840 1840 1840 1840
Wt. of wet soil (W2-W1)……………....gr 1611 1810 1878 1839
Bulk Density gb= (W2-W1)/X g/cm 3 1.6151 1.8146 1.8828 1.8437

Container No. 30A 77 94 304 64 86

Wt. of soil and container………………....gr 30.80 22.60 27.50 31.90 31.00 38.90
Wt. of wet soil and container….……….gr 27.90 20.60 24.30 28.10 26.70 33.30
Wt. of container………………………..……..gr 5.40 4.70 4.70 5.30 4.70 5.40
Wt. of moisture (Wm)………………..…….gr 2.90 2.00 3.20 3.80 4.30 5.60
Wt. of dry soil (Wd)……………………...….gr 22.50 15.90 19.60 22.80 22.00 27.90
Moisture contents (100Wm/Wd)…..…% 12.89 12.58 16.33 16.67 19.55 20.07
Average moisture content (m)………..% 12.73 16.50 19.81
Dry density g d = (100δb/(100+m)) g/cm 3 1.43 1.56 1.57

1.60

1.55
dry density g/cm3

1.50

1.45

1.40

1.35
12.00 14.00 16.00 18.00 20.00 22.00 24.00 26.00
moisture content %
 Wt. of soil and container………………....gr 29.42 33.10 35.60
Wt. of wet soil and container….……….gr 26.20 30.10 31.20
Wt. of container………………………..……..gr 4.70 4.70 4.70
Wt. of moisture (Wm)………………..…….gr 3.22 3.00 4.40
Wt. of dry soil (Wd)……………………...….gr 21.50 25.40 26.50
Moisture contents (100Wm/Wd)…..…% 14.98 11.81 16.60
Average moisture content (m)………..% 13.39 16.44
Dry density gd = (100δb/(100+m)) g/cm3 1.66 1.73

FROM THE GRAPH PLOTTED,

MAX. DRY DENSITY =1.73g/cm3
OPT. MOISTURE CONTENT = 17.5%

1.74
1.72
1.70
1.68
dry density g/cm3

1.66
1.64
1.62
1.60
1.58
1.56
1.54
12.00 14.00 16.00 18.00 20.00 22.00 24.00
 Dry density gd = (100δb/(100+m)) g/cm3 1.31 1.37 1.50

FROM THE GRAPH PLOTTED,

MAX. DRY DENSITY =1.52g/cm3
OPT. MOISTURE CONTENT = 22%

1.8
1.6
1.4
1.2
dry density g/cm3

1
0.8
0.6
0.4
0.2
0
moisture
12 content % 14 16 18 20 22 24