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Soils Testing Laboratory
Permeability Test:
Falling-Head Method
3
SR 1820
Sample No.
Project No.
Southport
B-6
Location
Boring No.
4 ft
5/27/08
Depth of Sample
Date of Test
John Doe
Tested by
Light brown sand with some mica
Description of Soil
[A] Unit Weight Determination
(1)
Mass of permeameter (mold) with base plate and gasket attached
soil
3,401.1
g
(2)
Mass of empty permeameter with base plate and gasket attached
1,098.5
g
2,302.6
(3)
Mass of soil specimen [(1)
(2)]
g
(4)
Diameter of soil specimen, D[i.e., inside diameter of permeameter (mold)]
10.16
cm
i.e.
,
p
D
2
4
81.07
cm
2
(5)
Cross-sectional area of soil specimen
c
d
15.80
(6)
Length of soil specimen in permeameter, L
cm
1,280.9
cm
3
(7)
Volume of soil specimen [(5)
(6)]
c
(3)
112.2
lb/ft
3
(8)
Unit weight of soil specimen (air dried)
(7)
62.4
d
1.10
%
(9)
Water content of soil specimen (air dried)
(a) Can no.
3-C
(b) Mass of air-dried soil
308.17
g
can
305.40
g
(c) Mass of oven-dried soil
can
(d) Mass of can
53.60
g
(e) Mass of water
2.77
g
(f) Mass of oven-dried soil
251.80
g
c
(
e
)
1.10
(g) Water content
(
f
)
100
d
%
(8)
111.0
lb/ft
3
(10)
Dry unit weight of soil specimen
c
100
100
d
(9)
2.71
(11)
Specific gravity of soil
(10)
62.4 (11)
0.6564
ft
3
(12)
Volume of solids
c
d
0.3436
(13)
Volume of voids [1
(12)]
ft
3
c
(13)
(12)
0.523
(14)
Void ratio, e, of soil specimen
d
279
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