AIM: To Determine The Field or In-Situ Density or Unit Weight of Soil by Core Cutter Method Apparatus
AIM: To Determine The Field or In-Situ Density or Unit Weight of Soil by Core Cutter Method Apparatus
AIM: To determine the field or in-situ density or unit weight of soil by core cutter method
APPARATUS
a) Special:
Cylindrical core cutter
Steel rammer
Steel dolly
b) General:
iii. Scale
v. Trimming Knife
viii. Desiccator.
THEORY:
γ=W/V
Where, γ= Density of soil, W = Total weight of soil, V = Total volume of soil
The soil weight consists of three phase system that is solids, water and air. The voids may be filled
up with both water and air, or only with air, or only with water. Consequently the soil may be dry,
saturated or partially saturated. In soils, mass of air is considered to be negligible, and therefore the
saturated density is maximum, dry density is minimum and wet density is in between the two.
=/1+w
Where, γd=dry density of soil, γ=Wet density of soil,w = moisture content of soil.
PROCEDURE: i. Measure the height and internal diameter of the core cutter.
iv. Press the cylindrical cutter into the soil to its full depth with the help of steel rammer.
. vi. Lift up the cutter. vii. Trim the top and bottom surfaces of the sample carefully.
x. Remove the soil core from the cutter and take the representative sample in the water content
containers to determine the moisture content
PRECAUTIONS:
i. Steel dolly should be placed on the top of the cutter before ramming it down into the
ground
ii. . ii. Core cutter should not be used for gravels, boulders or any hard ground.
iii. iii. Before removing the cutter, soil should be removed around the cutter to minimize the
disturbances.
iv. while lifting the cutter, no soil should drop down
RESULT: