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Soils Testing Laboratory
Consolidation Test
10
I-77-5 (1)
Sample No.
Project No.
Charlotte, N.C.
Boring Tube No.
Shelby tube no. 1
Location
24 ft
John Doe
Depth
Tested by
Light brown clay
Description of Soil
6/8/08
Date of Test
[A] Specimen Data
At Beginning of Test
(1)
Type of specimen (check one)
Undisturbed
□
Remolded
Diameter of specimen, D
2.50
in.
6.35
cm
(2)
Area of specimen, A
31.68
cm
2
(3)
0.780
in.
1.981
cm
(4)
Initial height of specimen, H
0
62.76
cm
3
(5)
Initial volume of specimen, V
0
[i.e., (3)
(4)]
208.48
(6)
Mass of specimen ring specimen
g
100.50
(7)
Mass of specimen ring
g
107.98
(8)
Initial wet mass of specimen, M
T0
[i.e., (6) (7)]
g
i.e.,
(8)
107.4
lb/ft
3
(9)
Initial wet unit weight,
0
c
(5)
62.4
d
42.2
(10)
Initial moisture content, w
0
%
Initial wet mass of specimen, M
T0
[i.e., (8)]
107.98
g
(a)
Dry mass of total specimen, M
d
[i.e., (21)]
75.94
g
(b)
i.e.,
(a)
(b)
(b)
c
d
42.2%
(c)
Initial moisture content, w
0
100
Dry mass of total specimen, M
d
, [i.e., (21)]
75.94
g
(11)
2.72
(12)
Specific gravity of soil
i.e.,
(11)
(12)
27.92
cm
3
(13)
Volume of solid in soil specimen, V
s
c
d
i.e.,
(13)
(3)
c
d
0.881
cm
(14)
Height of solid, H
s
(11)
(3)[(4) (14)]
100
(8)
91.9
(15)
Initial degree of saturation, S
0
c
i.e.,
d
%
(Note: Density of water 1 g/cm
3
)
At End of Test
2-B
(16)
Can no.
234.54
(17)
Mass of can wet specimen removed from consolidometer
g
Mass of can oven-dried specimen
203.11
g
(18)
127.17
(19)
Mass of can
g
308
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