COURSE NAME & CODE:

SOIL MECHANICS – I (CE-305)

LAB TEACHER:
Engr. Sadia Moin
TOPIC:
OPEN ENDED LAB
(Sieve Analysis, Specific Gravity and Plasticity Index)
AREA:
Federal B Area Block 16 Gulberg Town
(24°56'00.7"N 67°04'46.2"E.)
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SECTION: YEAR: BATCH:
A T.E 2021
DEPARTMENT:
CIVIL ENGINEERING
GROUP NO
NINE (9)
GROUP MEMBERS:
ZUHAIB ALI (CE-21049)
ABDUL BASEER (CE-21051)
MUHAMMAD ZEESHAN (CE-21053)
SYED AHMED ALI SHAH (CE-21054)

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 TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. SAMPLE COLLECTION........................................................................................3
2. SOIL CLASSIFICATION (SIEVE ANALYSIS)......................................................4
3. SPECIFIC GRAVITY....................................................................................................5
3.1 DATA............................................................................................................................5
3.2 SOLUTION...................................................................................................................5
4. PLASTICITY INDEX....................................................................................................6
5. STANDARD PROCTOR COMPACTING TEST....................................................7
5.1 PROCESS....................................................................................................................7
5.2 OBSERVATION AND CALCULATION.........................................................................8
5.3 RESULT.......................................................................................................................9
6. CONSTANT HEAD METHOD.............................................................................10
6.1 PROCESS..................................................................................................................10
6.2 OBSERVATION AND CALCULATION.......................................................................10
6.3 RESULT.....................................................................................................................11

LIST OF FIGURES
FIGURE 1: LOCATION AND COLLECTION OF SOIL..................................................................................................... 3
FIGURE 2: PICS PERFORMING SIEVE ANALYSIS......................................................................................................... 5
FIGURE 3: PICS PERFORMING SPECIFIC GRAVITY TEST.............................................................................................. 6
FIGURE 4: PLASTICITY INDEX TEST FAIL................................................................................................................. 7
FIGURE 5: STANDARD PROCTOR COMPACTING TEST................................................................................................. 8
FIGURE 6: GRAPH BETWEEN MOISTURE CONTENT AND DRY DENSITY.......................................................................9
FIGURE 7: GRAPH BETWEEN MOISTURE CONTENT AND PENETRATION RESISTANCE.....................................................9
FIGURE 8: CONSTANT HEAD METHOD................................................................................................................... 10

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1. SAMPLE COLLECTION
For the open ended lab of soil mechanics we have collected soil from Federal B
Area Block 16 Gulberg Town located on longitudinal and latitudinal
24°56'00.7"N 67°04'46.2"E.
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FIGURE 1: LOCATION AND COLLECTION OF SOIL

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 2. SOIL CLASSIFICATION (SIEVE ANALYSIS)

Gradation Curve
100
90
80
Percentage Passing

70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
0.01 0.1 1 10
Grain size

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 FIGURE 2: PICS PERFORMING SIEVE ANALYSIS

3. SPECIFIC GRAVITY
3.1DATA

Temperature = 35°C
k@ 35°C = 0.99582
M1 (Mass of R.D bottle filled with water) = 83.54 gm
M2 (Mass of R.D bottle containing soil mixture) = 97.32 gm
M3 (Mass of dry soil) = 25 gm

3.2SOLUTION

Gs =k
( M3
M 3−( M 2−M 1 ) )
Gs =0.99582×
( 25
25−( 97.32−83.54 ) )
[ Gs =2.22 ]

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 FIGURE 3: PICS PERFORMING SPECIFIC GRAVITY TEST

4. PLASTICITY INDEX
As it can be observed from the attached pictures that we were able to make the balls
to some level but when we tried to make thread out of it, it crumbles, and we were
not able to perform any test and this shows that the soil is sandy and Plastic Limit
and Liquid Limit are considered ‘0’
Hence Plasticity Index is zero

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 FIGURE 4: PLASTICITY INDEX TEST FAIL

5. STANDARD PROCTOR COMPACTING TEST

5.1 PROCESS

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 FIGURE 5: STANDARD PROCTOR COMPACTING TEST

5.2 OBSERVATION AND CALCULATION

MASS OF MASS OF
S CONTAINER MASS OF MASS OF WATER
CONTAINER CONTAINER
NO. NO CONTAINER WATER CONTENT
+SOIL (WET) + DRY SOIL

1 28-B 8 27 25 2 11.76
2 21-B 5 15 13.8 1.2 13.64
3 38-B 5 32.5 28.6 3.9 16.53

Mass Of
Mass Mass Of Diamete Average Penetratio Bulk Dry
Mold + Area Of
Of Compacte r Of Applied n Densit Densit
Compacte Needel
Mold d Soil Needel Force Resistance y y
d Soil

0.0019
6198 4175 2023 0.05 68 34690 2.03 0.16
6
0.0078
6311 4175 2136 0.05 72 9170 2.14 0.15
5

6260 4175 2085 0.05 0.0314 75 2390 2.09 0.12

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5.3 RESULT

OPTIMUM MOISTURE CONTENT

0.17

0.16

DRY DENSITY 0.15

0.14

0.13

0.12

0.11

0.1
10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
MOISTURE CONTENT

FIGURE 6: GRAPH BETWEEN MOISTURE CONTENT AND DRY DENSITY

PANETRATION RESISTANCE VS
MOISTURE CONTENT
40000
35000
PENETRATION RESISTANCE

30000
25000
20000
15000
10000
5000
0
10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
MOISTURE CONTENT

FIGURE 7: GRAPH BETWEEN MOISTURE CONTENT AND PENETRATION RESISTANCE

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6. CONSTANT HEAD METHOD
6.1 PROCESS

FIGURE 8: CONSTANT HEAD METHOD

6.2 OBSERVATION AND CALCULATION

DATA:
AREA(A) = 32.17 CM3

LENGTH (L) = 21 CM

HYDRAULIC HEAD (H) =87 CM

TEMPERATURE = 40OC

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 QUANTITY COFFECIENT
TEST AVARAGE
TIME OF OF
NO K
FLOW(Q) PERMEABILITY

1 20 0.9 0.00024
2 20 1 0.00027 0.000273
3 20 1.15 0.00031

6.3 RESULT

The coefficient of permeability of soil sample is k = 0.000273 cm/sec

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