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Knight Piesold Geotechnical Lab. <br />Test Readings for Specimen No. 1 <br />No. <br />Horizontal <br />Def. Dial <br />in. <br />Load <br />Dial <br />Load <br />lbs. <br />Strain <br />% <br />Shear <br />Stress <br />psf <br />61 1.0180 924.000 918.0 12.8 2367 <br />62 1.0380 913.000 907.0 13.0 2346 <br />63 1.0590 910.000 904.0 13.3 2345 <br />64 1.0780 916.000 910.0 13.5 2367 <br />65 1.0990 916.000 910.0 13.8 2374 <br />66 1.1190 913.000 907.0 14.0 2373 <br />67 1.1390 912.000 906.0 14.3 2378 <br />68 1.1600 902.000 896.0 14.5 2359 <br />69 1.1800 897.000 891.0 14.8 2352 <br />70 1.2010 887.000 881.0 15.0 2333 <br />Parameters for Specimen No. 2 <br /> Specimen Parameter Initial Consolidated Final <br />Moisture content: Moist soil+tare, gms.7426.500 8255.000 <br />Moisture content: Dry soil+tare, gms.7196.200 7196.200 <br />Moisture content: Tare, gms. 0.000 0.000 <br />Moisture, %3.2 14.7 14.7 <br />Moist specimen weight, gms.7426.0 <br />Side Length, in. 8.00 8.00 <br />Area, in.²64.00 64.00 <br />Height, in. 4.20 3.55 <br />Net decrease in height, in. 0.65 <br />Wet density, pcf 105.2 138.4 <br />Dry density, pcf 102.0 120.6 <br />Void ratio 0.6528 0.3974 <br />Saturation, %13.2 100.0 <br />Test Readings for Specimen No. 2 <br />Normal stress = 10000 psf <br />Strain rate, in./min. = 0.01 <br />Strength calculations use strain adjusted areas <br />Fail. Stress = 7763 psf at reading no. 68 <br />No. <br />Horizontal <br />Def. Dial <br />in. <br />Load <br />Dial <br />Load <br />lbs. <br />Strain <br />% <br />Shear <br />Stress <br />psf <br />0 0.0000 -4.000 0.0 0.0 0 <br />1 0.0070 256.000 260.0 0.1 586 <br />2 0.0140 402.000 406.0 0.2 915 <br />3 0.0220 513.000 517.0 0.3 1166 <br />4 0.0300 603.000 607.0 0.4 1371 <br />5 0.0390 686.000 690.0 0.5 1560 <br />6 0.0450 740.000 744.0 0.6 1683 <br />7 0.0540 803.000 807.0 0.7 1828 <br />8 0.0610 844.000 848.0 0.8 1923 <br />9 0.0690 894.000 898.0 0.9 2038 <br />10 0.0780 938.000 942.0 1.0 2140 <br />11 0.0950 1012.000 1016.0 1.2 2313 <br />12 0.1100 1078.000 1082.0 1.4 2468 <br />13 0.1250 1157.000 1161.0 1.6 2654