Critical appraisal of the Casagrande percussion and fall cone liquid limits of fine-grained soils. Issue 3 (16th March 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Prakash, K.; Sridharan, A.
• Is Part Of: International journal of geotechnical engineering. Volume 16:Issue 3(2022)
• Page Start: 318
• Page End: 326
• Publication Date: 2022-03-16
• Subjects: Clays -- cohesion -- friction -- liquid limit -- rheology -- undrained shear strength; Geotechnical engineering -- Periodicals; Soil mechanics -- Periodicals; Rock mechanics -- Periodicals; 624.1513
• DOI: 10.1080/19386362.2019.1684617
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1938-6362

Abstract

ABSTRACT: The Casagrande percussion method and the fall cone method are being followed to determine the liquid limit of fine-grained soils worldwide. The liquid limits obtained by these two methods have been observed by many to be not the same. In this article, an attempt is made to show that the values of liquid limit obtained by the Casagrande percussion method and the fall cone method are two different soil properties, which cannot be used synonym to each other. The experimental data documented in the geotechnical engineering literature and also from the authors' files are analysed critically from the clay mineralogical composition point of view. The analysis has revealed the following: The liquid limit obtained by the Casagrande percussion method is a soil rheological property. The liquid limit obtained by the fall cone method is basically a mechanical property of the soil.