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Weight of Sand To Fill Cone: Loose Density

This document describes how to perform a sand cone test to determine soil density. It provides details on calibrating the sand used by measuring the weight needed to fill a cylinder of a given volume. It then explains how to use a sand cone to measure the weight of sand required to fill the cone, which can be used to calculate the volume of the hole and determine the wet and dry unit weights of the soil. The sand cone test is a common field method for measuring in-place density of soils.

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Weight of Sand To Fill Cone: Loose Density

This document describes how to perform a sand cone test to determine soil density. It provides details on calibrating the sand used by measuring the weight needed to fill a cylinder of a given volume. It then explains how to use a sand cone to measure the weight of sand required to fill the cone, which can be used to calculate the volume of the hole and determine the wet and dry unit weights of the soil. The sand cone test is a common field method for measuring in-place density of soils.

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Soils Sand Cone Test

Sand Cone Calibration & Density Determination Sand Used

Volume of Cylinder Measure Weight of Sand to Fill Volume Measure

Height 5 in Trial No. 1 lb

Diameter 5 in Trial No. 2 lb

Volume 98.17 in3 Trial No. 3 lb

Volume 0.056814 ft3 Average 5.0000 lb

Unit Wt 88.006 lb/ft3


V=pd2h/4
Loose Density 1.4097 g/cm3

Weight of sand to fill cone

Weight of filled jug + cone lb Weight Used


Weight after Trial No. 1 lb 3.0000 lb

Weight after Trial No. 2 lb 6.0000 lb

Weight after Trial No. 3 lb 7.0000 lb

Average Weight to fill cone 5.333 lb


Soils Sand Cone Test

NRCS Class. Tested by

Bucket Number Testing date

Lab Data Values Units

mb Mass of bowl lb

mbws Mass of bowl + wet soil lb

mbs Mass of bowl + dry soil lb

mws = mbws - mb Mass of wet soil 0.000 lb

ms = mbs - mb Mass of dry soil 0.000 lb

mw=ms+mbw-mbws Mass of moisture 0.000 lb

w = mw/ms Water Content (%) #DIV/0!

Field Data Values Units

Sand Type

gs Sand Unit Weight 88.006 lb

B Mass of Jug + Cone before lb

A Mass of Jug + Cone after lb

C=B-A Mass of Sand Used 0.000 lb

D Mass of Sand in Cone 5.333 lb

E=C-D Mass of Sand in Hole -5.333 lb

V = E / gs Volume of Hole -0.06060 ft3

g = mws / V Wet Unit Weight 0.00 lb/ft3

gd = m s / V Dry Unit Weight 0.00 lb/ft3


Notes:
Soils Sand Cone Test

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