LABORATORY TESTING

PRESENTED BY

THET MYO NAING

&
ZAW WIN MYINT

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 INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS
BS 1377 : 1990
(British standard Methods of test for
soils for civil engineering purposes)

ASTM
(American society for testing and materials)

ISO/ IEC 17025

(General requirements for the competence
of testing and calibration laboratories)
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 Geotechnical Soil Laboratory Testing
BS 1377 : Part 1 to 8 : 1990

Classification Test
1.0 Moisture Content (Water content)
2.0 Liquid & Plastic Limit test (Atterberg Limits)
3.0 Particle size distribution (Sieve + Hydrometer)
4.0 Particle density (Specific Gravity)

Strength Test
5.0 Triaxial Unconfined Compression Test (UC)
6.0 Triaxial Unconsolidated Undrained Test (UU)
7.0 Triaxial Consolidated Undrained Test(CU)
8.0 Triaxial Consolidated Drained Test (CD)
9.0 Direct Shear Test (quick/ slow)

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 Consolidation Test
10.One-dimensional consolidation test

Permeability Test
11.Falling Head Permeability Test
12.Triaxial Permeability Test

Rock Testing (ASTM)

13. Point Load Test

14. Unconfined Compressive Strength of intact rock core specimen

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 1.0 Moisture Content (Oven drying method)

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 2.0 Liquid Limit (Cone penetrometer method)

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 2.0 Liquid Limit (casagrande method)

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 2.0 Plastic Limit

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 3.0 Particle size distribution (Sieving)

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 3.0 Particle size distribution (Hydrometer)

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 Particle size distribution chart

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 4.0 Particle density (Specific Gravity)

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 5.0 Triaxial Unconfined Compression Test

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 6.0 Triaxial Unconsolidated Undrained Test (UU)
Measured in a triaxial cell where
the sample is subject to an all
round confining pressure
Measure the undrained shear
strength Cu and friction angle is
zero
Usually performed on fine
grained soils
Drainage valve is closed and no
volume change is allowed
Pore water pressures are not
normally measured
The stress strain behaviour and
the strength parameters are used
to model the engineering
problems when undrained
conditions are present, typically
in short term design
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 6.0 Triaxial Unconsolidated Undrained Test

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 6.0 Triaxial Unconsolidated Undrained Test

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 Shear strength consists of two components: cohesion and friction
angle.

τf is the maximum shear stress the soil can take without failure, under
normal stress of σ.

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 6.0 Triaxial Unconsolidated Undrained Test

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 7.0 Triaxial Consolidated Undrained Test (Effective Stress)
Measured effective shear
strength parameters C’ & ϕ’
Usually performed on fine
grained soils
Can be performed on both
cohesive and non cohesive soil
Pore water pressures develops
and measured during shear and
no volume change is allowed
The stress strain behaviour and
the strength parameters are used
to model the engineering
problems when undrained
conditions are present, typically
in long term applications

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 Triaxial Test Apparatus Setup for Effective Stress

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 Automated Triaxial Testing System

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 Automated Triaxial Testing System

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 8.0 Consolidated Drained Test (Effective Stress)
Measured effective shear
strength parameters C’ & ϕ’
Usually performed on fine
grained soils
Performed mostly on non
cohesive soil
Pore water pressures allows to
dissipate and volume change
measured during
The stress strain behaviour and
the strength parameters are used
to model the engineering
problems when drained
conditions are present, typically
in long term applications

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 Photograph of specimens before and after test

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 9.0 Direct Shear Test

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 9.0 Direct Shear Test
Advantages
Relatively simple to carry out
Suitable for both disturbed and
undisturbed sample
Consolidation is rapid due to
small thickness of specimen

Disadvantages
Constrained to fail along a
predetermined plane of shear
Distribution of stress on the
surtface is not uniform
No control can be excercised over
drainage
Pore water pressures cannot be
measured
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 10. Consolidation test (Oedometer)

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 Permeability Test

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 11. Falling Permeability Test (Not included in BS nor ASTM standards)

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 12. Constant Head Triaxial Permeability Test ( BS 1377 : Part 6 : 1990)

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 13. Point Load Strength Index of Rock (ASTM D5731-08)

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 14. Compressive Strength of Intact Rock Core Specimen(ASTM D7012-10)

Very Weak, SILTSTONE (Hlaw Gar)

Compressive Strength 1.0 ~1.5 Mpa

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 Hard, CLAY (Hlaw Gar)
Compressive Strength 0.5 ~0.8 MPa

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 14. Calibration of Laboratory Equipments

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15. Advanced Testing (Unsaturated Soil Test)

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 15. Advanced Testing (Stress Path Test)

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 15. Advanced Testing
(Static/ Dynamic Cyclic Triaxial Testing)

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 15. Advanced Testing
(Static/ Dynamic Cyclic Triaxial)

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