IS 2720 : Part 16 : 1987 Methods of Test for Soil - Part 16 : Laboratory Determination of CBR

1 Scope

1.1 This standard (Part 16) covers the laboratory method fordetermination of California Bearing Ratio (CBR).

2 References

IS 2 :1960Rules for rounding off numerical values

IS 460 : Part 1 :1985 Specification for test sieves:Part 1 Wire cloth test sieves

IS 2720 : Part 2 :1973 Methods of test for soils:Part 2 Determination of water content

IS 2720 : Part 7 :1980 Methods of test for soils: Part 7Determination of water content - drydensity relation using light compaction

IS 2720 : Part 8 :1983 Methods of test for soils:Part 8 Determination of water content - drydensity relation using heavy compaction

IS 2720 : Part 28 :1974 Methods of test for soils:Part 28 Determination of dry density of soilsin-place by the sand replacement method

IS 2720 : Part 29 :1975 Methods of test for soils:Part 29 Determination of dry density of soilsin-place by the core cutter method

IS 2809 :1972Glossary of terms and symbols relating to soilengineering

IS 9198 :1979Specification for compaction rammer for soiltesting

IS 9669 :1930Specification for CBR moulds and itsaccessories