Experiment # 6-PartA: Determination of Water

Content-Dry Density Relation using Standard

Proctor Compaction

Observation and calculation: Standard Proctor

compaction test
Date: 27 2 2022 Roll number and signature of the
TA:
Name ofthe Student:PRACHI
Registration Number:_LE1 BoT3
Soil Type: Red seulWeight of soil taken:
Weight of rammer: 2.Ck Diameter of the mould: 1.3
Specific gravity, Gs: 2.15
Number of layers: 3
Height of the mould:2-*3 Number of blows: 25
Volume of the mould (V):
Empty weight of the mould, W1: 1205 27,151,13s
W 24145
Table 1 Data obtained
from the standard Proctor compaction test
Trial Approximate | Weight of mould
moisture
Weight of Bulk unit Water Dry unit
+wetsoil, W2 wet soil, W3 weight content from
content (%)_ weight
1
g) (g) (g/cm)_ Table 2 (%) g/cm3)
648
5890 0 1+45
2
1.78 8
235
62+0.0 2125 2-129
to.55
3
12 6291.5 21+9 2.212 244
l o .65
4
2.44
15 625 o 2138.5 2.11 12.5
5

Table 2 Determination of water content

Trial Number 2A 2B AB3A
3A3B 4A 4B 5A 5B
Container number
lo 3028 22
3t|3 4
Empty weight of the

container, We(g) 345 i6 14 1.5| 6-5 23 21-5 |24

Weight of the container
+wet soil, Ws (g) 6 44415 5061 tlo 58 +2.5
Weight of the container
+dry soil, Ws (g) GG. 40.31.4 4T-856-9|1o1-4 54.1 G61
Water content (%)=
.8 13-3 8-3 *T|lot 10.9 I 13.1
IWs-Wsy(Wo-Ws)x100
Geotechnical Engineering Laboratory, Department of Civil Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai- 600 036

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Experiment # 6-PartA: Determination of Water Content-Dry Density Relation

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Results of standard Proctor compaction test

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Optimum moisture content=-8 14

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