APPENDIX - 04

Department of Civil Engineering

University of Moratuwa
Atterberg Limit Test Results
[As per the BS 1377-2 Standard Method of Test for Soil for Civil Engineering Purpose]
Client : XYZ Construction (PVT) Ltd
Project : Dam Construction Project
Date : 2019/05/25
Sample Details : 05
Liquid Limit Test Data :
Mass of Wet Mass of Dry
Trial Number of Moisture Mass of Can Moisture Content
Soil + Can Soil + Can
Number Blows Can No. (g) %
(g) (g)
1 26 05-26 35.18 30.80 20.30 41.71
2 39 05-39 37.05 31.89 19.34 41.12
3 36 05-36 29.33 26.15 18.65 42.40
4 26 05-26 41.93 35.59 21.25 44.21
5 23 05-23 38.20 31.92 17.95 44.95
6 16 05-16 43.25 35.26 18.71 48.28
Plastic Limit Test Data :
PL-05-01 21.32 20.51 17.65 28.32
PL-05-02 21.27 20.62 18.64 32.83
PL-05-03 23.41 22.58 20.12 33.74
LL % = 44.60 PL % = 31.60 PI % = 13

Liquid Limit Plot

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Water Content %

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Number of Blows (log)