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ENGINEERING
DEPARTMENT OF INFRASTRUCTURE AND
GEOMATIC ENGINEERING
LAB GEOTECHNIC
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Subject Code BFC 31901
Code & Experiment Title U3 CONSOLIDATION TEST
Course Code 3 BFF
Date 28 FEBRUARY 2018
Section / Group SECTION 5 / GROUP 3
Name Muhammad Azmie bin Nazri DF160085
Members of Group Muhammad Syazwan bin Juarsa CF160194
Muhammad Zulhairi bin Abd Rashid DF160049
Muhammad Amirul Qayyum bin Rashid DF160011
Nursyafiqah binti Rusli DF160016
Jeeleonna Laipat DF160080
BEFORE TEST
Gs
Initial void ratio, 1 = 1.109
d
= 257.52 g – 111.60 g
= 145.92 g
= 145.92 g – 112.29 g
= 33.63 g
= 29.9 %
= π (74.32) 2/4
= 4338.117 mm2
= 4338.117 x 20.16
= 87.456 m3
Density, = Weight of sample (ring)
Volume of ring
= 145.92 x 10 -6(Mg)
87.456 x 10 -6(m3)
= 1.67 Mg/m3
= 112.29 x 10 -6(Mg)
70672 x 10 -6 (m3)
= 1.28 Mg/m3
3.0 QUESTIONS
QUESTION 1
From your experimental data, determine the coefficient of consolidation, Cv (m2/year)
using Casagrande Method. Please comment your answer.
t50 = 8 min
H = 20.16/2 = 10.08 mm
Cv = TvH2/t
Cv = 0.196 H² / t50
= 0.196 (10.08)² mm
8 min
= 19.915
8
= 2.489 mm2/min
0.71−0.5
i) Cc = 300−100
Cc = 1.05 x 10-3
Pc = 100 kN/m2
1
ii) mv = slope of graph x 1+𝑒𝑎𝑣𝑔
1
mv = 1.05 x 10-3x 1+0.605
-4
mv = 6.542 x 10
iii) D = 5m
Po = unit weight x depth
Po = 18 x 5
Po = 90 kN/m2
OCR = Pc / Po
100
OCR = 90
The soil is over consolidated soil OCR = 1.1 > 1. This is because the soil is
already allowed to consolidate and was used to the pressure applying.
QUESTION 2
D = 10m
Po= unit weight x depth
= 20 x 10
= 200 kN/m 2
The aim of this experiment is to study the characteristic of the soil when
consolidation process takes place and obtain the sedimentation from this experiment.
Other than that, from this experiment we are able to determine the magnitude and
rate volume decrease that a laterally confined soil specimen undergoes.
When the saturated soil has been exposed to the same pressure, the volume will
be decrease and because the soil particle and water cannot compress the value of
compression unless if water exit from the spaces between the particle. This situation
will decrease the size of the spaces between the particle and soil particle become
more compact.
As know, the values of the sediment increase as the time increase. This shows
that sediment is linearly proportional to the time. Consolidation takes most of the
sediment as a loading. After time t90 the process continues slowly. This phenomenon
happens because of transformation moisture membrane that covers the solid
particle.
There are some errors maybe occur during the experiment and affect the
accuracy and precision of the recorded data, which are:
g) Parallax error
To reduce the value of the error, we must have methods for the step, it is:-
From the laboratory test results, we had obtained the cumulative compression
from the gauge reading. We had done this consolidation test using odometer for
duration of 1 hour. The load used was 0.5kg and not 2.5kg to obtain a much more
constant reading. From the data obtained, we were able to determine the coefficient of
consolidation, Cv. There are two methods to obtain the coefficient of consolidation.
One of them is settlement versus log time graph while the other is settlement versus
square root time graph. From these two graphs that we had plotted, we had also
obtained the coefficient of consolidation. Settlement is the direct result of the decrease
in soil volume and consolidation is the rate of volume decrease with time. The
consolidation test is use to estimate the amount of settlement and time of
consolidation. When a compressive load is applied to soil mass, a decrease in its
volume takes place, the decrease in volume of soil mass under stress is known as
compression and the property of soil mass pertaining to its tendency to decrease in
volume under pressure is known as compressibility. In a saturated soil mass having its
void filled with incompressible water, decrease in volume or compression can take
place when water is expelled out of the void.