Laboratory Test Sheet
Shrinkage limit (cylindrical specimen)
BS 1377 : Part 2 : 1990
BS 1377 : Part 2 : 1990
Shrinkage limit (cylindrical specimen)
Location
Job ref.
Borehole/Pit no.
Soil descripti
on
on
Type 1 General Granular Materials
Type 2 General Cohesive Materials
Type 3 General Chalk Materials
Type 4 - Landscape Fill
Type 5 - Top Soil
Type 6 - Selected Granular Fill
Type 7 - Selected Cohesive Fill
Type 8 - Miscellaneous Materials
Type 9 - Stabilized Materials
Others
Sample No.
Depth
m
Aggregates
Clays
Rocks
Silts
Peats
Soils
Date
Date Form
Test method
BS1377: Part 2:
1990: 6.3
Date
Default - mm/dd/yy
ISO 8601 - yy-mm-dd
Short - d M, y
Medium - d MM, y
Full - DD, d MM, yy
With text - 'day' d 'of' MM 'in the year' yy
Initial Condition
Immersion Tank:
Specimen
Mass
g
Diameter
Dmm
Length mm
Volume
cm3
Volume Factor Pi * D^2 /
4000
4000
Diameter
mm
Density
Mg/m3
Test Data
Measurement no.
Date
Time
Zero
mm
Micrometer Readings
with sample
mm
difference
mm
Volume
mm
Specimen
mass
mm
density
mm
Volume per 100g dry soil
cm3
Moisture content
%
Proportion Retained on
425 um sieve............%
Shrinkage Ratio
Shrinkage Limit
Operator
Checked
Apprved
Form 2E