Use of moisture content test results
Use of moisture content test results
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Usually in geotechnical reports we conduct moisture contents an samples across the investigated depth and evaluate these numbers in parallel with the results of Atterberg's limit and hence we can know the existing state of the soil; e.g, about plastic limit (PL), lower than PL ,at liquid limit and so on.
-What is the major ultimate use of knowing this state.
-Is there any other use of the moisture content results
Sorry if my questions seem very fundamental
-What is the major ultimate use of knowing this state.
-Is there any other use of the moisture content results
Sorry if my questions seem very fundamental





RE: Use of moisture content test results
2. Wetting/drying of borrow material required for compaction: Optimum moisture for std. Proctor is generally close to PL, so do you need to sprinkle it, or blend it with other material, or disc it repeatedly under the summer sun to dry it?
3. Remolded shear strength: Correlates reasonably well with liquidity index. (Peak strength does not correlate as well.)
4. General sense of what the soil will act like in excavation.
5. Liquefaction potential for low-plasticity clays and silts.
There are probably more that I haven't thought of.
DRG
RE: Use of moisture content test results
RE: Use of moisture content test results
Combined with LL you can estimate compressibility and settlements, at least approximately, without running consolidation tests.
This is useful especially if you keep records of past lab work for soils in the area.
RE: Use of moisture content test results
RE: Use of moisture content test results
RE: Use of moisture content test results
RE: Use of moisture content test results
RE: Use of moisture content test results
RE: Use of moisture content test results
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