EN1029 LABORATORY
Laboratory SM
STUDENT
NAME: BETROSIAN PETROS
STUDENT
NUMBER: 1337435
DATE EXPERIMENT
PERFORMED: 05/03/2014
DATE OF
SUBMISSION: 14/03/2014
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SOIL MECHANICS
LABORATORY REPORT
ABSTRACT
The experiment 'Atterberg Limits / Particle Size Distribution' was carried out, to examine the procedures that are used in order to investigate the classification of soils and prediction of their properties. The laboratory involved four different experiments, using for each case the suitable equipment, specimen (soil) and technique. In more detail, the four tests that were carried out are:
1. Plastic Limit Test
2. Liquid Limit Test using one-point Casagrande Method
3. Liquid Limit Test using the Cone Penetrometer
4. Sieving tests to determine the Particle Size Distribution
The first three tests (liquid and plastic limit) were completed in order