Laboratory Test Sheet In-situ density test (core cutter method) - BS 1377 : Part 5 : 1990
In-situ density test (core cutter method)
Location								Job ref.
Soil description			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.
			Aggregates Clays Rocks Silts Peats Soils					Date
Group/Type								Date Form		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
Test method
BS1377: Part 8:  1990 2.4
Length of core cutter: mm
Diameter of Core Cutter mm
Volume of core cutter (Vc) cm3
Test no.
Mass of core cutter and wet soil				(ms)	g
Mass of core cutter				(mc)	g
Mass if wet soil				(ms - mc)	g
Bulk density p =  (ms - mc) /  Vc					Mg/m3
Moisture content container no.
Moisture content					%
Dry density pd =  100 p / (100 + w)					Mg/m3
						Operator		Checked		Approved
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