Ashrinkage limit test on a clay soil gave the following data. compute the shrinkage limit. assuming that the total volume of dry soil cake is equal to its total volume at the shrinkage limit , what is the degree of shrinkage ? mass of shrinkage dish and saturated soil m1 = 38.78 g mass of shrinkage dish and oven dry soil m2 = 30.46 g mass of shrinkage dish m3 = 10.65 g volume of shrinkage dish vo = 16.29 cu. cm. total volume of oven dry soil cake vd = 10.00 cu. cm.