China Pakistan Economic Corridor KKH Phase II (Havelian-Thakot Section)

Section C
CONSULTANT :
NATIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES
PAKISTAN

FIELD DENSITY TEST BY THE SAND CONE METHOD

Description : Culvert Backfilling Compaction Date. : 17-08-2018

Test No. 1 2 3 4 5 6
Test Location K126+536 K128+480 K131+020 K117+286 K126+410 K126+245
Mass of wet soil from test pit (g) 10130 7148 10290 9170 8590 9199
Mass of sand before test (g) 19000 19000 19000 19000 19000 19000
Mass of sand after test (g) 10162 11616 10136 10314 11086 10776
Mass of sand in plate & cone (g) 2920 2920 2920 2972 2972 2972
Mass of sand in hole (g) 5918 4464 5944 5714 4942 5252
Unit weight of sand (g/cc) 1.37 1.37 1.37 1.37 1.37 1.37
Volume of test pit (cc) 4319.7 3258.4 4339 4170.8 3607.3 3833.6
Wet density (g/cc) 2.35 2.19 2.372 2.20 2.38 2.40
MC by Speedy Moisture Tester (%) 5.4 6.4 8.0 8 6 5
Dry density (g/cc) 2.22 2.06 2.196 2.04 2.25 2.29
Maximum dry density (g/cc) 2.28 2.08 2.28 2.08 2.37 2.37
Optimum moisture content (%) 4.1 8.1 4.1 8.1
Achieved compaction (%) 97.6 99.1 96.3 97.9 94.8 96.4
Specified compaction (%) 96 96 96.0 96 96 96
Status OK Ok Ok OK Not OK OK