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LIQUID LIMIT TRIAL 1 2 3 No. OF BLOWS 34 27 18 TARE No. 1 2 3 MASS OF WET SOIL + TARE g 52.35 38.74 35.64 MASS OF DRY SOIL + TARE g 50.13 36.06 33.92 MASS OF TARE g 45.21 30.53 30.71 MASS OF WATER g MASS OF DRY SOIL g MOISTURE CONTENT % One-point: PLASTIC LIMIT TRIAL 1 2 TARE No. D E LIQUID LIMIT MASS OF WET SOIL + TARE g 42.07 41.74 PLASTIC LIMIT MASS OF DRY SOIL + TARE g 40.47 40.37 PLASTICITY INDEX MASS OF TARE g 31.79 31.71 MASS OF WATER g TREND(E27:G27,E28:G28,H28) MASS OF DRY SOIL g MOISTURE CONTENT % ASTM D4318: ATTERBERG LIMITS - CASAGRANDE METHOD SUMMARY OF RESULTS CIVIL ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY 44.0 45.0 46.0 47.0 48.0 49.0 50.0 51.0 52.0 53.0 54.0 55.0 10 100 M O IS TU RE C O N TE N T (% ) NUMBER OF BLOWS LIQUID LIMIT 20 3025 40 Atterberg Limits Group 2 - BLANK.xlsx Liquid Limit: BRITISH STANDARD BS1377 : 1975, Test 2 Plastic Limit: Extrapolated from cone penetration test as the moisture content at which the shear strength cu is 100 times the value at the Liquid Limit Reference: Worth and Wood, 1978 k = 0.816 Q = 80 g Cone Angle = 30 ° LIQUID LIMIT TRIAL 1 2 3 CONTAINER NUMBER A B C MASS OF WET SOIL + TARE g 52.35 38.74 35.64 MASS OF DRY SOIL + TARE g 50.13 36.06 33.92 MASS OF TARE g 45.21 30.53 30.71 Liquid MASS OF WATER g Limit MASS OF DRY SOIL g Projection MOISTURE CONTENT % PENETROMETER READING mm 16.59 19.10 25.67 20.0 CIVIL ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY LIQUID AND PLASTIC LIMIT - CONE PENETROMETER METHOD 15.0 17.0 19.0 21.0 23.0 25.0 27.0 44.0 46.0 48.0 50.0 52.0 54.0 Co ne P en et ra tio n (m m ) Moisture Content (%) Cone Penetration vs. Moisture Content 81.92 ×    = h Qkcu Cone Casagrande Cone