CBR LAB REPORT

Introduction

The California Bearing Ratio(CBR) test was developed by the California Division of
Highways as a method of classifying and evaluating soil- subgrade and base course
materials for flexible pavements. CBR is a measure of resistance of a material to
penetration of standard plunger under controlled density and moisture conditions.
CBR test may be conducted in remoulded or undisturbed sample. Test consists of
causing a cylindrical plunger of 50mm diameter to penetrate a pavement component
material at 1.25mm/minute. The loads for 2.5mm and 5mm are recorded. This load is
expressed as a percentage of standard load value at a respective deformation level to
obtain CBR value.

Objectives

To determine the California Bearing Ratio value of the subgrade soil.

Apparatus

-CBR mould
-Filter paper
-Water
-Soil
-Weighing scale
-Rammer
-Loading machine
-Metal weight
-Spacer disk

Procedure

1. Weight the mould with the plate.

2. Sieve soil for 6 kg. Put in large container.
3. Add 10% of water into the soil. Combine well.

4. Lubricate the mould and put filter paper in the mould,on the top of plate. Attache
collar to the mould.
5. Put soil into the mould,for five layers and every layers have 62 blows.
6. After done five layers, remove the collar and weight the mould with plate and
compacted soil.
7. Reattached mould invertedly to plate wtihout the spacer disk at bottom.
8. Put filter paper and load with metal weight on top of the compacted soil.
9. Turn on the machine for the test.
10. Some soil from the compacted soil are taken for the determination of moisture
content.

Result

Results - Top
 Penetration 2.50 5.00 mm

Load 1.15 2.05 kN

Standard Load 13.20 20.00 kN

California Bearing Ratio 8.70 10.26 %

Results - Bottom

Penetration 2.50 5.00 mm

Load 1.90 2.87 kN

Standard Load 13.20 20.00 kN

California Bearing Ratio 14.41 14.36 %

Discussion

In this test, each group are given about 6kg of soil to complete the test. The test every
step has been taken as the procedure. The result we obtained is the result of top and
bottom for penetration 2.50mm and 5.00mm.
From the result we see that the CBR value for 2.50mm penetration for the bottom is
higher than the top which the bottom is 14.41% while the top is 8.70%. The result
happen the same for 5.00 mm penetration.

Throughout the test there are few precaution need to be taken such as align the
surcharged weight with the plunger so that the plunger penetrates freely to the soil and
ensure doing the compaction with 62 blows every layer so that the result of the test is
true and to avoid any errror that may arise.

Conclusion
As the conclusion,the repeated load CBR test is a simple and quick test to get a good
estimate of the effective modulus of fine grained materials and, most probably, of
coarser grained unbound base and subbase materials too. Although not discussed in
detail, it can be stated that the repeated load CBR test is a useful tool to evaluate the
influence of example gradation, degree of compaction and moisture content on the
resilient modulus and resistance to permanent deformation of soils and unbound
materials.

References

http://www.aboutcivil.org/california-bearing-ratio-test.html

https://www.prbdb.gov.in/files/Quality%20Control%20Training/Tests%20on%20Soil
s/CBR%20Test/CBR%20Test.pdf