Cramming the Specificities in Contemplating Safe Bearing Capacity for the Foundation Assessed from Borehole Samples in a Sandy-Moorum Zone

Table 5

CBR report of soil samples.

		Sample 1	Sample 2
Engineering properties	Maximum dry density (MDD) in gm/cc	1.89	1.86
	Optimum moisture content (OMC) in %	9.50	8.50
	CBR value (unsoaked condition) in %	18.4	20.0
	CBR value (in the soaked condition) in %	17.20	13.50
	Moisture content after 4 days soaking in %	11.50	9.65
	Bulk density in gm/cc	2.1	2.03
Grain size analysis	Fine gravel (20 mm–4.75 mm) in %	7.125	15.625
	Coarse sand (4.75 mm–2.0 mm) in %	4.395	11.61
	Medium sand (2.0 mm–0.425 mm) in %	37.11	41.87
	Fine sand (0.425 mm–0.075 mm) in %	45.77	26.21
	Silt and clay (0.075 mm–0.001 mm) in %	6.35	4.68
Atterberg’s limit	Liquid limit (LL) in %	21	18
	Plastic limit (PL) in %	Nil	Nil
	Plasticity index (PI) in %	NP	NP
Classification of the soil		SP-SM	SP-SM