EXPERIMENT NO.

4
TITLE:

VANE SHEAR TEST

OBJECTIVE:

To determine the shear strength of soft clay soil by

vane shear test.

OBSERVATION:
15
10

Height of vane blade (h) =

Diameter of blade (D) =
Height of mould =
Diameter of mould =
Spring Factor(C) =

mm =
mm =

1.5
1

cm
cm

76 mm
38 mm
8
kg-f

DETERMINATION OF WATER CONTENT

Mass of
Mass of
Mass of empty
Mass of water
Mass of solid
container +
container +
container with
(Mw = M1 - M2) in (Ms = M2 - M0) in
wet soil (M1) dry soil (M2) in
lid (Mo) in gm
gm
gm
in gm
gm

19

27

25

Torque angle
( = 2 -

Applied Torque
( T = C/180)

1)

in kg-cm

39

1.73

DETERMINATION OF SHEAR STRENGTH

Sample No.

Water Content Initial reading Final reading

(1)
(2)
(w)

33.33

90

129

RESULT:
Average value of shear strength =

0.6

Name - Seemontini RoyChoudhur

University roll - 08142013029

Group - A2

Water Content (w) =

(Mw/Ms) * 100 in %

33.33

Shear strength (S
= 2T/[D2{h +
D/3}]) in kg/cm2
0.6

kg/cm2

montini RoyChoudhury

oll - 08142013029