Alternatif Penentuan Batas Cair Dan Batas Plastis Dengan Tiga Variasi Berat Konus Menggunakan Metode Lee Dan Freeman (2009)

For fine soils, the most common laboratory tests are Atterberg limits, i.e. plastic andliquid limits. This paper presents two standards for determining liquid limit: ASTM and BritishStandards. Both standards use Casagrande cup and fall cone penetrometer tests. In spite of thefact from its a dvantage and shortcoming, fall cone penetrometer tends the minimum operatormistakes comparing to Casagrande cup. Moreover, a lack for determining plastic limit using byrolling soil samples with three mm in diameter also is caused by operator error. To reduce thathuman error, Lee and Freeman recommend using fall cone penetrometer to obtain plastic andliquid limits by a combination of two distinct weight of cones. In this research, tests wereconducted using two combinations of two different weight of cones. There are 12 remoldedsamples taken from Java and Madura islands. A combination using cones with single anddouble standard weight gives a better result that a combination with single and triple standardweight. The contribution of this research at least gives an alternative way to determine plasticand liquid limits using fall cone penetrometer test