Tables for Data Collections CALCULATION OF INITIAL VOID RATIO FOR ONE-DIMENSIONAL CONSOLIDATION TEST Name: Date: Soil: Consolidation Ring No: Consolidation Frame No: Data Taken: Container Number Weight of Wet Soil + Tare Weight of Dry Soil + Tare Weight of Moisture Tare Weight Weight of Dry Soil Moisture Content Specific Gravity (Gs): Diameter of Ring: Height of Ring: Volume of Ring: From Trimmings From Ring Before Test From Ring After Test Approximate Method of Calculation (from Water Content of Trimmings) Assumed Initial Degree of Saturation (SR) Initial Void Ratio (eo) Equations 2 eo = (W GS/SR) Vs = Ws/(GSYw) Normal Method of Calculation Volume of Ring (V) Volume of Solids (Vs) Initial Void Ratio (eo) Initial Degree of Saturation 4 3 eo = V/Vs= = (V - V) |Vs 4 SR=Vw/V = (Ww/Yw)/(V - Vs) CALCULATION OF STRAINS AND VOID RATIOS FOR ONE DIMENSIONAL CONSOLIDATION TEST Name Date Soil Initial Height of Sample (Ho) Initial Void Ratio (eo) Height of Solids (H) Applied Total Apparatus Net Vertical Load Pressure Settlement Deformation Settlement Strain No (psi) (in*104) (in*104) (in*104) (Ev, %) HS - Ho 1+ eo Ae = AS/HS