Moisture - Density Relationship

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DRY DENSITY (KG/M3)

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Maximum Dry Density (MDD) = 2039kg/m3 Optimum Moisture Content (OMC) = 10.2%

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1950 8.00 8.50 9.00 9.50 10.00 10.50 MOISTURE CONTENT (%) 11.00 11.50 12.00 12.50

SAMPLE NUMBER: Row 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Mass minus 19mm Parameter Container No. Mass air - dry density (g) Mass of water added (g) Percent water added (%) Estimated air - dry MC (%) Est. compaction MC (%) (4)+(5) Mould Number Mould Factor Mass of Mould (g) Mass of Mould + Wet Soil (g) Mass of wet soil (g) (10)-(9) WET DENSITY Kg/m3 (11)*(8) Mass Plus 19mm: Specimen 1 Specimen 2 6500 130 2.00 0.00 2.00 M2 0.4565 6073 10809.90 4736.90 2162 2120 M9 670.80 1174.90 1134.00 40.90 463.20 8.83 6.83 1987 6500 195 3.00 0.00 3.00 M2 0.4565 6073 10973.00 4900.00 2237 2172 M2 671.20 1560.30 1480.30 80.00 809.10 9.89 6.89 2036 Specimen 3 6500 260 4.00 0.00 4.00 M2 0.4565 6073 10995.80 4922.80 2247 2161 M5 669.30 1516.70 1434.80 81.90 765.50 10.70 6.70 2030 Total Mass: Specimen 4 6500 325 5.00 0.00 5.00 M2 0.4565 6073 10930.10 4857.10 2217 2112 M4 670.70 1461.70 1379.20 82.50 708.50 11.64 6.64 1986 Specimen 5 6500 390 6.00 0.00 6.00 M2 0.4565 6073 10897.00 4824.00 2202 2078 M3 671.70 1442.40 1355.80 86.60 684.10 12.66 6.66 1955 Specimen 6 % Oversize Specimen 7 Specimen 8

12 13 Approx. Dry Density 100*(12)/(100+(6)) MOISTURE CONTENT DETERMINATION 14 Oven-pan Number 15 Mass Oven-pan (g) 16 Mass Oven-pan + Wet Soil (g) 17 Mass Oven-pan + Dry Soil (g) 18 Mass of water (g) (16)-(17) 19 Mass of Dry Soil (g) (17-15) 20 MOISTURE CONTENT (%) (18)/(19)*100 21 Back Calc. Air-dry MC (%) (20)-(4) 22 DRY DENSITY 100*(12)/(100+(20))

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T2 EXPANSION PROJECT RELATIVE COMPACTION COMPACTION METHOD USED: SAND-CONE METHOD

S/N 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17

Parameter Mass of sand used for the test (predetermined) Mass of apparatus + sand before filling the test hole Mass of apparatus [(2)-(1)] Mass of apparatus + excess sand after filling the test hole Mass of excess sand after filling the test hole [(4)-(3)] Mass of calibrated sand in the funnel (predetermined) Mass of sand used to fill the test hole [(1)-(5)-(6)] Bulk density of the sand used for test (predetermined) Volume of the test hole [(7)/(8)] Mass of container used to collect test material removed Mass of moist material removed from test hole + container Mass of moist material removed from test hole [(11)-(10)] Water (moisture) content of soil removed from test hole Dry mass of material removed from test hole [(100 x M3)/(w+100)] Dry density of material removed from test hole [(13)/(14)] Dry density of the backfill material (predetermined base line) Relative Compaction [[(11)/(12)]*100] M3 w M4 rd rd M2 r V g g g g g g g g/cm3 cm3 g g g % g g/cm3 g/cm3 % 4.700 5.450 0.750 0.810 0.060 1.335 3.305 1.335 2.476 0.601 6.325 5.724 7.500 5.325 2.151 2.095 102.66%

As per ASTM D1556-00: Sand Replacement Method As per ASTM D4944-98: Field Determination of water content

T2 EXPANSION PROJECT RELATIVE COMPACTION COMPACTION METHOD USED: SAND-CONE METHOD

S/N 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14

Parameter Mass of apparatus + sand before filling the test hole Mass of apparatus + excess sand after filling the test hole Mass of calibrated sand in the funnel (predetermined) Mass of sand used to fill the test hole [(1)-(2)-(3)] Bulk density of the sand used for test (predetermined) Volume of the test hole [(4)/(5)] Mass of container used to collect test material removed Mass of moist material removed from test hole + container Mass of moist material removed from test hole [(8)-(7)] Water (moisture) content of soil removed from test hole Dry mass of material removed from test hole [(100 x M3)/(w+100)] Dry density of material removed from test hole [(11)/(6)] Dry density of the backfill material (predetermined base line) Relative Compaction [[(15)/(16)]*100] M3 w M4 rd rd M2 r V g g g g g/cm3 cm3 g g g % g g/cm3 g/cm3 % 6.012 0.821 1.356 3.835 1.403 2.733 0.601 6.337 5.736 5.000 5.463 1.999 2.095 95.40%

As per ASTM D1556-00: Sand Replacement Method As per ASTM D4944-98: Field Determination of water content

T2 EXPANSION PROJECT RELATIVE COMPACTION COMPACTION METHOD USED: SAND-CONE METHOD

S/N 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14

Parameter Mass of apparatus + sand before filling the test hole Mass of apparatus + excess sand after filling the test hole Mass of calibrated sand in the funnel (predetermined) Mass of sand used to fill the test hole [(1)-(2)-(3)] Bulk density of the sand used for test (predetermined) Volume of the test hole [(4)/(5)] Mass of container used to collect test material removed Mass of moist material removed from test hole + container Mass of moist material removed from test hole [(8)-(7)] Water (moisture) content of soil removed from test hole Dry mass of material removed from test hole [(100 x M3)/(w+100)] Dry density of material removed from test hole [(11)/(6)] Dry density of the backfill material (predetermined base line) Relative Compaction [[(15)/(16)]*100] M3 w M4 rd rd M2 r V g g g g g/cm3 cm3 g g g % g g/cm3 g/cm3 % 6.032 0.819 1.356 3.857 1.403 2.749 0.601 6.647 6.046 9.000 5.547 2.018 2.095 96.31%

As per ASTM D1556-00: Sand Replacement Method As per ASTM D4944-98: Field Determination of water content

T2 EXPANSION PROJECT RELATIVE COMPACTION COMPACTION METHOD USED: SAND-CONE METHOD

S/N 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14

Parameter Mass of apparatus + sand before filling the test hole Mass of apparatus + excess sand after filling the test hole Mass of calibrated sand in the funnel (predetermined) Mass of sand used to fill the test hole [(1)-(2)-(3)] Bulk density of the sand used for test (predetermined) Volume of the test hole [(4)/(5)] Mass of container used to collect test material removed Mass of moist material removed from test hole + container Mass of moist material removed from test hole [(8)-(7)] Water (moisture) content of soil removed from test hole Dry mass of material removed from test hole [(100 x M3)/(w+100)] Dry density of material removed from test hole [(11)/(6)] Dry density of the backfill material (predetermined base line) Relative Compaction [[(15)/(16)]*100] M3 w M4 rd rd M2 r V g g g g g/cm3 cm3 g g g % g g/cm3 g/cm3 % 2.095 0.00% 1.403 1.356

As per ASTM D1556-00: Sand Replacement Method As per ASTM D4944-98: Field Determination of water content