ABUBAKAR TAFAWA-BALEWA UNIVERSITY, BAUCHI.

CIVIL ENGINEERING PROGRAMME

Atterberg Limits – Cone Test

Location Loc. No.
Soil description Sample No. 2
Sample type bagged Operator H. Y. Sade Date started 23-07-13

Test Number 1 2 3 4 5 Average

PLASTIC LIMIT

Container No. YY/27 SS/24

Wet soil & container g 25.80 23.80
Dry soil & container g 24.40 22.10
Container g 17.10 16.50
Dry soil g 7.30 5.60
Moisture loss g 1.40 1.70
MOISTURE CONTENT % 19.18 30.36 24.77

Test Number 1 2 3 4
Cone penetration mm 16.8 16.6 18.5 18.5 21.9 22.0 23.7 23.9
LIMIT

Average penetration mm 16.7 18.5 22.0 23.8

Container No. GG QQ 19 20 7 23 12 14
Wet soil & container g 30.20 21.60 29.60 25.30 25.50 28.80 23.70 23.70
Dry soil & container g 25.60 19.10 25.00 21.70 21.70 24.10 20.30 20.10
LIQUID

Container g 10.00 10.00 10.00 9.90 9.90 10.20 10.00 9.80

Dry soil g 15.60 9.10 15.00 11.80 11.80 13.90 10.30 10.30
Moisture loss g 4.60 2.50 4.60 3.60 3.80 4.70 3.40 3.60
MOISTURE CONTENT % 28.48 30.59 33.01 33.98
PENETRATION OF CONE mm

PREPARATION
As received
Air dried
25.0
Oven dried
24.0 Pestled
Passed through
23.0
425 µm sieve

22.0

21.0

20.0

19.0

18.0

17.0 RESULTS

16.0 LL 31
PL 25
15.0
28.00 29.00 30.00 31.00 32.00 33.00 34.00 35.00
MOISTURE CONTENT %
17.0

16.0

15.0
28.00 29.00 30.00 31.00 32.00 33.00 34.00 35.00
MOISTURE CONTENT % PI 7

28.48 16.7
30.59 18.5
33.01 22.0
33.98 23.8
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CIVIL ENGINEERING PROGRAMME

Atterberg Limits Tests

Location Loc. No.
Soil description Sample No.
Sample type Operator Date started

Test Number 1 2 3 4 5 Average

PLASTIC LIMIT

Container No. C1 G5 B7
Wet soil & container g 14.99 15.06 17.62
Dry soil & container g 13.48 13.60 15.58
Container g 7.94 7.99 7.97
Dry soil g 5.54 5.61 7.61
Moisture loss g 1.51 1.46 2.04
MOISTURE CONTENT % 27.26 26.02 26.81 26.70

Test Number 1 2 3 4 5
LIMIT

Number of bumps 49 40 29 22 16
Container No. 64 95 57 74 82
Wet soil & container g 19.47 19.77 21.01 22.72 19.26
Dry soil & container g 14.78 14.82 15.39 16.31 14.38
LIQUID

Container g 8.51 8.43 8.38 8.49 8.64

Dry soil g 6.27 6.39 7.01 7.82 5.74
Moisture loss g 4.69 4.95 5.62 6.41 4.88
MOISTURE CONTENT % 74.8 77.5 80.2 82.0 85.0

PREPARATION
MOISTURE CONTENT %

As received
86.0
Air dried
Oven dried

84.0 Pestled
Passed through
425 µm sieve
82.0
%
CONTENT

80.0
MOISTURE

78.0

RESULTS
76.0
LL 80

PL 27
74.0
10.0 100.0 PI 54
NUMBER OF BUMPS
NUMBER OF BUMPS
74.0
10.0 100.0
NUMBER OF BUMPS
BUMPS w%
49.0 74.8
40.0 77.5
29.0 80.2
22.0 82.0
16.0 85.0