The technical report details the California Bearing Ratio (CBR) test conducted to evaluate the mechanical strength of soil samples for road and airfield pavements. The results indicate CBR values of 14.6% at 2.5mm penetration and 15.3% at 5.0mm penetration, suggesting the soil is classified as fine-grained. The report also discusses potential errors in the testing process and emphasizes the importance of proper compaction and moisture content.
The technical report details the California Bearing Ratio (CBR) test conducted to evaluate the mechanical strength of soil samples for road and airfield pavements. The results indicate CBR values of 14.6% at 2.5mm penetration and 15.3% at 5.0mm penetration, suggesting the soil is classified as fine-grained. The report also discusses potential errors in the testing process and emphasizes the importance of proper compaction and moisture content.
The technical report details the California Bearing Ratio (CBR) test conducted to evaluate the mechanical strength of soil samples for road and airfield pavements. The results indicate CBR values of 14.6% at 2.5mm penetration and 15.3% at 5.0mm penetration, suggesting the soil is classified as fine-grained. The report also discusses potential errors in the testing process and emphasizes the importance of proper compaction and moisture content.
The technical report details the California Bearing Ratio (CBR) test conducted to evaluate the mechanical strength of soil samples for road and airfield pavements. The results indicate CBR values of 14.6% at 2.5mm penetration and 15.3% at 5.0mm penetration, suggesting the soil is classified as fine-grained. The report also discusses potential errors in the testing process and emphasizes the importance of proper compaction and moisture content.
Dry Density Mass of moulds + Baseplate + soil (m1) g 0.0123 Mass of moulds + Baseplate (m2) g 0.007 Mass of Soil (m1 - m2) g 0.005
Volume of moulds cm3 2775.57
Table 2: The data for Dry Density
Moisture contest after test
Mass of wet soil + container (m2) g 42.03 37.30 Mass of dry soil + container (m3) g 38.45 34.33 Mass of container (m1) g 14.90 15.31 Mass of moisture (m2 - m3) g 3.58 2.97 Mass of dry soil (m3 - m1) g 23.55 19.02
% 15.20 15.62
Average moisture content w1 % 15.41
Table 3: The result for Moisture Content after test
Figure 1: The graph of Load Vs Penetration
From the graph:
CBR VALUE (kN) 2.5 mm 5.0 mm
TOP 0.95 kN 1.88 kN
BOTTOM 1.95 kN 3.1 kN
Table 4: The CBR value obtained from the graph
ACCEPTED CBR:
LOAD STD LOAD
PENETRATION (mm) CBR % (KN) (KN)
2.50 1.95 kN 13.40 14.6 %
5.00 3.10 kN 20.20 15.3 %
Table 5: The result for accepted CBR
Calculation
i. CBR Value at 2.5mm penetration:
CBR % =
= 14.6%
ii. CBR Value at 5.0mm penetration:
= 15.3%
DISCUSSION The California Bearing Ratio is carried out to determine the CBR value of the given crushed aggregate or soil sample. The value of the experiment is compared with the standard value of CBR. CBR test is a compressive nature penetration test. The test is specifically used to determine the mechanical strength as well as the potential strength of road sub grades and base courses materials including the recycled material generally used for road and airfield pavements. Through the load penetration graph that has been plotted, the load value at 2.5mm penetration are 0.95kN on top and 1.95kN on bottom while for 5.0mm penetration, the load value are obtained as 1.88kN and 3.1kN. From the result, we can also see that the CBR value for 2.0mm penetration for the bottom is higher than the top and same goes happen for 5.0mm penetration respectively.
Throughout the test, there are some sources of error that need to be overcome likes the wrong number of blows per layer of soil, the soil and water mixture not mixed evenly and the soil layers may not be uniformly compacted. So, a few precautions need to be taken, as an example, ensuring the water distributed evenly throughout the soil mixture. Plus, stay focus on counting the 25 blows for every layer to avoid any error that may arise.
CONCLUSION
The results obtained by these tests are used with the empirical curves to determine the thickness of pavement and its component layers. This is the most widely used method for the design of flexible pavement. The value of CBR is closely associated with the characteristics of compaction, such as the moisture content, dry weight, energy conditions and the method of compaction. Compacted soil with a moisture content higher than optimum moisture content will have lower CBR value. The CBR value will be lower on the samples which are compacted at optimum wet but will be higher when the applied energy increased.
From this experiment, the CBR value for 2.50mm penetration and 5.0mm penetration are 14.6% and 15.3%. We can say that the general soil type is in category of fine-grained soils which have the particles with size smaller than 20mm. Besides, the fine-grained soils are soils where 50% or more particles pass through a 0.075 sieve. As conclusion, we found out that our experiment is successful and the objectives are well determined.
