Laboratory Test Sheet Insitu Californian Bearing Ratio - BS 1377 : Part 5 : 1990
Insitu Californian Bearing Ratio
Location								Job ref.
								Test no.
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
BS 1377 : Part 9 : 1990 : 4.3
NOTE: Test applicable only when maximum particle size beneath plunger does not exceed 20 mm
Area of annulus of disc used  mm2							Jack/load ring no.
Mass of surcharge   kg							Calibration ref.
RECORDINGS							Moisture content of sample
NOTE : Penetration and force reading after seating load zeroed.
Penetration		Force on		Mean Calibration				N/Division
of plunger		plunger
mm		Load	kN
		gauge
0.25
0.5
0.75
1
1.25
1.5
1.75
2
2.25
2.5
2.75
3
3.25
3.5
3.75
4
4.25
4.5
4.75
5
5.25
5.5
5.75
6
6.25
6.5
6.75
7
7.25
7.5
RESULTS
Penetration	Force	Standard	CBR
		force
mm	kN	kN	%
2.5		13.2
5.0		20.0
In-situ CBR value
						Operator		Checked		Approved
										Form 9F