WORKSHEET FOR DRY DENSITY/MOISTURE CONTENT RELATIONSHIP WS-002 Rev 00/ Dec 23
Owner Request No.
Costumer Date Received
Project Name Start Date
Plot Number Finish Date
Soil Sieve Data Compaction Mould Compaction Method
% Mould No. Specimen Used Pass____mm
Sieve Size Mass Ret.(g)
Retained Mould Type 1L Or CBR Replaced
63mm Mass(g)* Oversize □ Removed
37.5mm Volume (cc) □ Corrected
20mm Preparation □ single □ separate Rammer (Kg) 2.5 or 4.5
Max Size (mm) No. Of Layers 3 or 5
Blows/layer 27 or 62
Wet Density Determination
Mass of Mould + Base + Soil (g) m2
Bulk Density of Compacted Soil (Mg/m³)
MOISTURE CONTENT –BS 1377-2:2022, Clause 4.1/ BS EN 17892-1:2014+A1:2022, Clause 5.2
Container No.
Mass of Container + Wet Soil (g) m2
Mass of container + Dry Soil (g) m3 1 st
Mass of container + Dry Soil (g) m3 2nd
Mass of container + Dry Soil (g) m3 3rd
Mass of Container (g) m1
Moisture Content= (m2-m3) / (m3—m1) 100
Dry Density (Mg/m³)
Soil Susceptible to Crushing Course fraction Pc (%)
Compaction Curve
Fine Fraction Pf (%)
YES Or NO Particle Density (coarse)
Dry Density (Mg/mᵌ
Mg/m³ Assumed Determined
Sample Preparation Methods
Particle Density
of tested portion
Min %
Grading Zone Preparation Procedure clause reference
Maximum Dry
Passing test sieve
20 37.5 Density fine fraction
A B
mm Mm MDD total material
Water Content (%) 1 100 100
2 95 100
3 70 100
4 70 95 Optimum Water
5 70 100
x <70 <90 NA Content (2 significant figures)
REMARKS: Nearest 1g for 1 L Aparatus Mould:____________
Nearest 5g for CBR Rammer:__________
Balance:___________
Oven:____________
Tested by Checked By Witness
Date Date Name
Initial