100 Percent Passing 10 100 90 74 20 60 80 32 70- 15 Clay 40 60 - 50 he soil using the Triangular 50 Silty clay Sàndy clay 60 40 Silty clay loam Clay loàm Soil 30 Sandy clay loam 20 Loàm Silty loam 10 Percenta Percentage of clay
100 Percent Passing 10 100 90 74 20 60 80 32 70- 15 Clay 40 60 - 50 he soil using the Triangular 50 Silty clay Sàndy clay 60 40 Silty clay loam Clay loàm Soil 30 Sandy clay loam 20 Loàm Silty loam 10 Percenta Percentage of clay
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determine the following
![A sample of soil has the following grain-size
characteristics:
* SOIL CLASSIFICATION
100
Percent Passing
• TRIANGULAR CLASSIFICATION CHART (by USDA)
USDA= US. Department of Agriculture
Size (mm)
10
2.000
100
90
0.075
74
20
Procedure:
0.05
60
80
ldentfy % of soll components
% gravel =
% sand
% sılt
% clay
0.005
32
30
100%
% Passingz.coomm
% Passing
% Passing o.002mm
70
0.002
15.
Clay
% Passing200omm
% Passing o.osomm –
% Passing oc02mm
Plot the % sand, % sılt, and %clay on ther
respective aves on the triangular dhart by
projecting lines peapendicular to the axes.
%3D
40
0-050mm
Determine the following:
1. Percentage of silt
Classification of the soil using the Triangular
60
50
O%.
2.
50
Silty
clay
Sàndy
clay
Classification Chart.
60
40
Silty clay
loam
Clay loàm
Soil
70
30 -
Sandy clay
loam
The pornt of intersection of these lines is taken
as the dpproptiate soll classification.
80
20
Loàm
Silty lóam
90
Notes:
10
Loamy
Sandy loam
sol component
Sand
Silt
particle sze (mm)
sand
100
gravel
sand
>2.000mm
100
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
10
2.000 mm – 0.050mm
Percentage of sand
silt
0.050mm – 0.002mm
clay
<0.002 mm
ercentage of silt
20
Percentage of clay](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2Ffeeb352a-d387-45d2-9858-ba4f302ce5a7%2Fc5bbd956-0796-4721-969d-bfba26be4e4f%2F1jsahos_processed.png&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:A sample of soil has the following grain-size
characteristics:
* SOIL CLASSIFICATION
100
Percent Passing
• TRIANGULAR CLASSIFICATION CHART (by USDA)
USDA= US. Department of Agriculture
Size (mm)
10
2.000
100
90
0.075
74
20
Procedure:
0.05
60
80
ldentfy % of soll components
% gravel =
% sand
% sılt
% clay
0.005
32
30
100%
% Passingz.coomm
% Passing
% Passing o.002mm
70
0.002
15.
Clay
% Passing200omm
% Passing o.osomm –
% Passing oc02mm
Plot the % sand, % sılt, and %clay on ther
respective aves on the triangular dhart by
projecting lines peapendicular to the axes.
%3D
40
0-050mm
Determine the following:
1. Percentage of silt
Classification of the soil using the Triangular
60
50
O%.
2.
50
Silty
clay
Sàndy
clay
Classification Chart.
60
40
Silty clay
loam
Clay loàm
Soil
70
30 -
Sandy clay
loam
The pornt of intersection of these lines is taken
as the dpproptiate soll classification.
80
20
Loàm
Silty lóam
90
Notes:
10
Loamy
Sandy loam
sol component
Sand
Silt
particle sze (mm)
sand
100
gravel
sand
>2.000mm
100
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
10
2.000 mm – 0.050mm
Percentage of sand
silt
0.050mm – 0.002mm
clay
<0.002 mm
ercentage of silt
20
Percentage of clay
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