Chapter 6-Soil 1
Chapter 6-Soil 1
Chapter 6-Soil 1
Figure 6.22
Glass jar filled with Ottawa sand with
sand cone attached (Courtesy of Braja
M. Das, Henderson, Nevada)
• The sand cone device is illustrated in Fig.
9.1. The device consists of a sand
container, funnel, and sand.
Figure 9.1
• The sand must be a clean, dry, poorly
graded sand with a coefficient of uniformity
(Cu = D60/D10) less than 2.0, a maximum
particle size (D100) less than 2.0 mm, and
less than 3% by weight passing the #60
(250 μm) sieve.
- The combined weight of the jar, the cone,
and the sand filling the jar is determined (W1)
𝑊3
d =
𝑉
Example: Laboratory compaction test results on a
clayey soil are listed in the table.
Determine (a) dry unit weight of compaction in the field (b) relative
compaction in the field.
2. The relative compaction of a sand in the field is
92%. The maximum and minimum dry unit
weights of the sand are 16.2 kN/m3 and 14.6
KN/m3, respectively. For the field condition,
determine
a) dry unit weight
b) relative density of compaction
c) moist unit weight at a moisture content of
10%.
3. Specifications on a job required a fill using
borrow soil to be compacted at 95% of its
standard proctor test maximum dry density.
Tests indicate that this maximum is 19.5
kN/m3 with 12% moisture. The borrow
material has void ratio of 0.60 and a solid
specific gravity of 2.65.
a) Compute the dry unit weight of the
compacted soil.
b) Compute the wet unit weight of compacted
soil.
c) Compute the minimum volume of borrow soil
required to fill one cubic meter.