Journal Published Online: 01 January 1999
Volume 27, Issue 1

California Bearing Ratio Test Simplified

CODEN: JTEVAB

Abstract

Due to the large volume of soil sample material and effort involved, the conventional California bearing ratio (CBR) tests are laborious and time consuming. Hence, an attempt was made to use the Proctor mold itself with a proportionately smaller plunger to estimate the CBR values. The good agreement between the CBR values obtained using the conventional mold and plunger and the Proctor mold and a smaller plunger (with a correction factor) suggests the feasibility of this approach, especially for fine-grained soils. The recommended minitest apparatus and procedure make the CBR test much simpler.

Author Information

Pandian, NS
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
Sridharan, A
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
Raju, PSRN
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
Pages: 4
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Stock #: JTE12043J
ISSN: 0090-3973
DOI: 10.1520/JTE12043J