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Knight Piesold Geotechnical Lab. <br />Test Readings for Specimen No. 2 <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 2850.000 2854.0 12.7 7358 <br />62 1.0380 2859.000 2863.0 13.0 7402 <br />63 1.0580 2876.000 2880.0 13.2 7468 <br />64 1.0790 2896.000 2900.0 13.5 7542 <br />65 1.0990 2911.000 2915.0 13.7 7603 <br />66 1.1200 2917.000 2921.0 14.0 7642 <br />67 1.1410 2940.000 2944.0 14.3 7726 <br />68 1.1620 2945.000 2949.0 14.5 7763 <br />69 1.1830 2932.000 2936.0 14.8 7752 <br />70 1.2040 2921.000 2925.0 15.0 7747 <br />Parameters for Specimen No. 3 <br /> Specimen Parameter Initial Consolidated Final <br />Moisture content: Moist soil+tare, gms.7426.500 8153.000 <br />Moisture content: Dry soil+tare, gms.7196.200 7196.200 <br />Moisture content: Tare, gms. 0.000 0.000 <br />Moisture, %3.2 13.3 13.3 <br />Moist specimen weight, gms.7423.0 <br />Side Length, in. 8.00 8.00 <br />Area, in.²64.00 64.00 <br />Height, in. 4.20 3.45 <br />Net decrease in height, in. 0.75 <br />Wet density, pcf 105.2 140.5 <br />Dry density, pcf 101.9 124.0 <br />Void ratio 0.6535 0.3590 <br />Saturation, %13.2 100.0 <br />Test Readings for Specimen No. 3 <br />Normal stress = 20000 psf <br />Strain rate, in./min. = 0.01 <br />Strength calculations use strain adjusted areas <br />Fail. Stress = 17618 psf at reading no. 58 <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 0.000 0.0 0.0 0 <br />1 0.0010 2.000 2.0 0.0 5 <br />2 0.0040 86.000 86.0 0.1 194 <br />3 0.0100 265.000 265.0 0.1 597 <br />4 0.0170 510.000 510.0 0.2 1150 <br />5 0.0240 741.000 741.0 0.3 1672 <br />6 0.0290 917.000 917.0 0.4 2071 <br />7 0.0370 1116.000 1116.0 0.5 2523 <br />8 0.0430 1241.000 1241.0 0.5 2807 <br />9 0.0510 1382.000 1382.0 0.6 3129 <br />10 0.0590 1511.000 1511.0 0.7 3425 <br />11 0.0760 1731.000 1731.0 0.9 3932 <br />12 0.0910 1896.000 1896.0 1.1 4315 <br />13 0.1070 2048.000 2048.0 1.3 4670