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    This document summarizes a report on a Mackintosh probe test conducted to determine the bearing capacity of soil layers. The test involved pushing a steel cone into the ground at 0.3m intervals and recording the number of blows required for penetration. Results showed it took 50 blows to penetrate the first 0.3m, indicating stiff soil. The number of blows generally decreased with depth from 400 to 50, suggesting the hardness and consistency of soil layers reduced from stiff to firm. A graph of cumulative blows against depth supported the findings. The test helped identify soil properties and determine a bearing capacity of 61.39 kN/m2.

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    This document summarizes a report on a Mackintosh probe test conducted to determine the bearing capacity of soil layers. The test involved pushing a steel cone into the ground at 0.3m intervals and recording the number of blows required for penetration. Results showed it took 50 blows to penetrate the first 0.3m, indicating stiff soil. The number of blows generally decreased with depth from 400 to 50, suggesting the hardness and consistency of soil layers reduced from stiff to firm. A graph of cumulative blows against depth supported the findings. The test helped identify soil properties and determine a bearing capacity of 61.39 kN/m2.

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    This document summarizes a report on a Mackintosh probe test conducted to determine the bearing capacity of soil layers. The test involved pushing a steel cone into the ground at 0.3m intervals and recording the number of blows required for penetration. Results showed it took 50 blows to penetrate the first 0.3m, indicating stiff soil. The number of blows generally decreased with depth from 400 to 50, suggesting the hardness and consistency of soil layers reduced from stiff to firm. A graph of cumulative blows against depth supported the findings. The test helped identify soil properties and determine a bearing capacity of 61.39 kN/m2.

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    MACKINTOSH PROBE Test Report

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    Civil Engineering Department

    Geotechnical Lab
    Diploma of Civil Engineering

    Title of report: MACKINTOSH PROBE TEST


    Group no:
    Name and registration: Krisyen Murali Tharan (01DKA19F1192)
    Date of experiment:
    Date of submission: 26 March 2021
    Name of lecture: NORASIAH BINTI AHMAD
    Topic: Mackintosh Probe Test

    Objective: To determine the bearing capacity of soil layer profile

    Theory: A Mackintosh probe is a lightweight portable penetrometer which is designed to


    be a tool to investigate the soil bearing capacity. The tool consists of high yield steel
    rods, each of length approximately 120cm that are connected each other by 25mm
    outer diameter couplings with a 27.9mm diameter of a 30o –apex angle; 12.7 mm
    diameter solid rods and a 4.5 kg dead weight with standard drop height of 300mm.

    Procedure: a) Connect steel cone to the bottom of a steel rod


    b) Straighten the steel rod perpendicular to the ground surface on the
    point to be tested
    c) Measure every 0.3m length of the steel rod and mark it with a chalk
    d) Lift the hammer to the maximum position and then release
    e) Count the number of blows that causes the rod to penetrate 0.3 m.
    f) Record the data for the number of blows for every 0.3 penetration into
    the Mackintosh Probe test form.

    g) Remove the hammer set, and connect a new steel rod top of the
    original rod in the final 0.3m

    h) Mark again the rod for every 0.3m interval.Continue with the hammer
    blows and repeat the same work process.

    i) The blows should be stopped when:


    - Number of blows reach 400 times for a 0.3m penetration
    because the soil has high bearing capacity, or
    - the depth of penetration reaches 15m.. Detail site
    investigation is required by using boring test
    j) Clean the steel rod, steel cone and connector after they have been
    used.
    Apparatus:

    a) Hammer Set b) Chalk

    c) Measuring Tape d) Connectors

    e) Steel Rod f) Steel Cone

    g) Puller
    Results :

    Depth (m) No. of blows Cumulative blows

    0.0 – 0.3 50 50

    0.3 - 0.6 66 116

    0.6- 0.9 95 211

    0.9 – 1.2 150 361

    1.2 – 1.5 30 391

    1.5 – 1.8 250 641

    1.8 – 2.1 150 791

    2.1 - 2.4 75 866

    2.4 – 2.7 85 951

    2.7 – 3.0 159 1110

    3.0 – 3.3 180 1290

    3.3 - 3.6 330 1620

    3.6 – 3.9 280 1900

    3.9 – 4.2 400 2300


    Cumulative Blows Against Depth(m)
    0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500
    0
    0.3
    0.6
    0.9
    1.2
    1.5
    1.8
    2.1
    2.4
    2.7
    3
    3.3
    3.6
    3.9
    4.2
    4.5

    Graph :

    Value R = Number blows of depth 1.5m

    P= 2860+[ 550(R−40)1 /2 ]
    A`
    1 /2
    = 2860+[ 550(30−40) ]
    =1278.86 lbs/ ft 2 B

    Convert to kN/m 2
    = 1278.86×0.048
    = 61.39 kN/m 2

    The gradient
    A-B = 641 – 211
    3
    = 143.33
    Discussion:
    The mackintosh probe test we had done until 4.2 meter depth of the soil. The first
    0.3meter depth we penetrate the steel cone which took 50 number of blows to reach 0.3
    meter. It shows that the soil consistency is stiff. The penetration steel cone when to 0.9
    m with 95 number blows which is less than the second depth of penetration which is
    0.6m, it took 66 number of blows. The layers at 0.6m is thicker when compare with the
    layer at 0.9m. the number of blows is got higher at 1.2 m depth of soil which is 150. The
    relative dense is dense at 1.2m.
    The number of blows reduce at 2.7m which is 85. It shows the layers at 2.7m are less
    stiff when compare with 2.4m depth of soil which took 75 of blows. The numbers of
    blows which is determine the consistency of the soil. The larger number of blows the
    consistency of the soil is high. Less number of the blows the consistency of the soil will
    be less. The number of blows from 0.3m to 4.2m are reducing from 400 to 50 times. The
    hardness of the layers reduced and the consistency of the soil from stiff to
    firm(medium).

    Conclusion:
    As a conclusion we have learned to determine the bearing capacity of soil layer profile.
    We have also learned to plot of the cumulative blows against depth graph by using the
    data which recorded from the mackintosh probe test. The mackintosh probe test we
    learned to identify the tools names and the function of the tools.

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