Bitumen, is also known as asphalt in the United States, is a substance produced through the distillation of crude oil that is known for its waterproofing and adhesive properties. Bitumen is the most important binding material for the construction of flexible pavement, which gives more strength than other materials used...
OBJECTIVE Determination of specific gravity of soil solids by pycnometer method. REFERENCE STANDARD IS : 2720 (Part 4) – 1985 – Method of test for soil (Part 4-Grain size analysis) EQUIPMENT & APPARATUS The major equipment used in this test is Pycnometer. It is a glass jar of 1 litre...
AIM: To determine the liquid limit of soil as per IS: 2720 (Part 5) – 1985. PRINCIPLE: The liquid limit of fine-grained soil is the water content at which soil behaves practically like a liquid, but has small shear strength. It’s flow closes the groove in just 25 blows in...
AIM: To determine the specific gravity of fine-grained soil by density bottle method as per IS: 2720 (Part III/Sec 1) – 1980. PRINCIPLE: Specific gravity is the ratio of the weight in air of a given volume of a material at a standard temperature to the weight in air of...
DETERMINATION OF MOISTURE (WATER) CONTENT(W) IN SOIL BY USING OVEN DRY METHOD Objective Determine the natural moisture content of the soil sample. Definition:-It is the ratio of the weight of the water to the weight of solids in soil mass and it is generally expressed in percentage and usually done...
Tests used to find out Workability of a freshly mixed concrete are: Slump cone test Vee bee test Compaction factor test Slump test is performed on freshly mixed concrete to find out the water content and workability or consistency of concrete. The test is useful in controlling quality of the...
Field Density Test Sand Replacement method Objective:- Determine the in-situ density (in g/cm3 or kg/cm3) of natural or compacted soils using sand replacement method. Necessity of test:- The field density of natural soil is needed for the determination of bearing capacity of soils, for the purpose of stability analysis of...
