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Liquid limit test
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A standard test to determine the liquid limit of a sample.
The standard liquid limit test apparatus was designed by Arthur Casagrande in the 1930s based on the procedure developed by Albert Atterberg; therefore, the liquid limit test is sometimes called the Casagrande test. The test apparatus consists of a Casagrande cup, also known as the liquid limit device, and a Casagrande grooving tool.
Soil is patted smooth across the brass cup to a thickness of 10 mm. The grooving tool is used to make a groove completely through the soil pat that is 2 mm wide at the bottom, 11 mm wide at the top, and 8 mm deep (ASTM 2010). The brass cup is hinged on one edge so that a cam shaft with a hand-operated crank can be used to raise the cup and allow it to drop abruptly 10 mm onto a hard rubber base at a rate of 120 drops per minute. The number of drops required to cause the soil to flow from both sides to close the groove over a distance of 12.7 mm is recorded; a...
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ASTM (2010) Standard test methods for liquid limit, plastic limit, and plasticity index of soils. American Society for Testing and Materials Test D4318-10e1. http://www.astm.org/Standards/D4318.htm
Holtz RD, Kovacs WD (1981) An introduction to geotechnical engineering. Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs. ISBN:0-13-484394-0
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Lintern, G. (2018). Casagrande Test. In: Bobrowsky, P.T., Marker, B. (eds) Encyclopedia of Engineering Geology. Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-73568-9_44
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