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

Table 6

Determination of field density of soil and compaction result in gm/cc.

	Test-1	Test-2	Test-3	Test-4	Test-5	Test-6	Test-7	Test-8	Test-9	Test-10
Weight of core + compacted soil in gms (W)	3082	3030	2944	3010	2946	3098	3184	3116	3168	3314
Weight of core in gms (W1)	934	934	934	934	934	934	934	934	934	934
Weight of wet soil in gms ((W–W1) = W2)	2148	2096	2010	2076	2012	2164	2250	2182	2234	2380
Volume of the cone (Vm) in cc	1021	1021	1021	1021	1021	1021	1021	1021	1021	1021
Wet density or bulk density in gm/cc ((W2/Vm) = WW)	2.10	2.05	1.97	2.03	1.97	2.12	2.20	2.14	2.19	2.33
Moisture content (MC) in %	13.24	11.59	7.86	8.85	8.10	9.31	10.69	11.73	9.49	15.69
Dry density in gm/cc; D = (WW × 100)/(100 + MC)	1.85	1.84	1.82	1.87	1.82	1.94	1.99	1.91	2.00	2.01
Lab MDD in gm/cc	1.89	1.86	1.86	1.86	1.86	1.86	1.86	1.86	1.86	1.89
% of compaction (D/lab MDD) × 100	97.88	98.76	97.69	100.75	98.01	104.30	106.8	102.47	107.5	106.35