Lab Exp. No. 5 Format
Lab Exp. No. 5 Format
and Technology
CE 412: LABORATORY EXPERIMENT NO. 5
COURSE FACILITATOR:
ENGR. MARJORIC A. PENETRANTE
INTRODUCTION:
II. APPARATUS/TOOLS
SPATULA
PAN
SIEVE NO. 40
BALLPEN
NOTEBOOK OR PAPER
PLASTIC GLOVES
1. SELECT A REPRESENTATIVE
SAMPLE AND SEPARATE USING
SIEVE #40. THE RETAINED SOIL IS
TO BE REMOVED. THE
REMAINING SAMPLE IN THE PAN
PASSING SIEVE #40 IS TO BE
TESTED FOR DRY STRENGTH,
DILATANCY AND TOUGHNESS
STRENGTH.
2. FOR THE DRY STRENGTH,
MOLD A SAMPLE INTO 30 MM
IN DIAMETER SIZE BALL AND
LET IT DRY. ADD WATER IF
NECESSARY. ALLOW IT TO DRY
TO THE SUN OR AIR DRY. TEST
THE DRY STRENGTH OF THE
BALL BY CRUSHING IT IN
BETWEEN THE FINGERS.
DESCRIBE AND CLASSIFY THE
STRENGTH AS NONE, LOW,
MEDIUM, HIGH OR VERY HIGH
DEPENDING ON THE RESULTS
OF THE TEST.
VII. CONCLUSION:
VIII. DOCUMENTATION:
SOURCES:
https://cemmlab.webhost.uic.edu/Experiment%208-Visual%20Classification.pdf
http://www.dem.ri.gov/pubs/sops/wmsf5.pdf