A survey of devices in use worldwide was also carried out, indicating that both the variability in national design standards and potential degradation of bases over time leads to a large variability in the specific strength observed at liquid limit when different devices are used. This paper uses the analysis described by Haigh (2012) to investigate the effects of base hardness and resilience on specific strength at liquid limit. While it is well known that two classes of these devices exist, those with hard and soft bases, the true picture is more complex international design codes contain a great variety of specifications for the devices, some much more prescriptive than others. The apparatus to be used is described in many design codes including ASTM D4318-10e1. The percussion test for liquid limit originally described by Casagrande is the standard test for liquid limit in much of the world. The liquid limit test is one of the most widely used tests in soil mechanics, with the value obtained being correlated against a variety of soil properties such as soil strength.
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