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1 1993 GeoSyntec Consultants <br />TEST PROCEDURES AND CONDITIONS <br />TEST SERIES NUMBER: I <br />Test Specimen Configuration (from top to bottom) and Placement Conditions: <br />• rigid substrate; <br />• Fast Cresson ore material initially placed at a dry unit weight of 102.4 to 103.5 <br />pcf and a moisture content of 2.6 to 3.5 %. Final moisture content ranged from <br />10.2 to 11.8% for the test series; and <br />• rigid substrate <br />. Test Interface: within the soil specimen <br />Test Procedures for Each Normal Stress Condition: <br />• A fresh specimen of the soil at its as- received moisture content was compacted <br />in three 2 -in. thick lifts within the lower and upper shear boxes, to form a 6 in. <br />thick test specimen. Each lift was compacted by hand tamping to the reported <br />dry unit weight. The initial target dry unit weight was not specified by Golder. <br />• Wetting Conditions: the soil specimen was wetted by pouring tap water into the <br />upper shear box and allowing the water to drain through the gap between the <br />upper and lower shear box. <br />• Test normal stresses: 50, 100, or 150 psi. <br />• Constant shear displacement rate: 0.04 in/min. <br />• Each test was sheared until a minimum total shear displacement of 2 in. was <br />achieved. <br />G1.10603/3G198073 98.07.31 <br />