5.2 The sieve analysis of ten soils and the liquid and plastic limits of the fraction pass- ing through the No. 40 sieve are given below. Classify the soils using the AASHTO classification system and give the group indexes. Sieve analysis (percent finer) Soil No. Liquid limit Plastic limit No. 10 No. 40 No. 200 98 80 50 38 29 100 92 80 56 23 3 100 88 65 37 22 4 85 55 45 28 20 5 92 75 62 43 28 48 28 6 NP 7 87 62 30 32 24 25 76 78 8 90 34 37 9 100 8 NP 10 92 74 32 44 35
5.2 The sieve analysis of ten soils and the liquid and plastic limits of the fraction pass- ing through the No. 40 sieve are given below. Classify the soils using the AASHTO classification system and give the group indexes. Sieve analysis (percent finer) Soil No. Liquid limit Plastic limit No. 10 No. 40 No. 200 98 80 50 38 29 100 92 80 56 23 3 100 88 65 37 22 4 85 55 45 28 20 5 92 75 62 43 28 48 28 6 NP 7 87 62 30 32 24 25 76 78 8 90 34 37 9 100 8 NP 10 92 74 32 44 35
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![5.2 The sieve analysis of ten soils and the liquid and plastic limits of the fraction pass-
ing through the No. 40 sieve are given below. Classify the soils using the AASHTO
classification system and give the group indexes.
Sieve analysis
(percent finer)
Soil
No.
Liquid
limit
Plastic
limit
No. 10
No. 40
No. 200
1
98
80
50
38
29
2
100
92
80
56
23
3
100
88
65
37
22
4
85
55
45
28
20
5
92
75
62
43
28
6
48
28
NP
7
87
62
30
32
24
8
90
76
34
37
25
100
78
8
NP
10
92
74
32
44
35](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2Fbe28aed4-5db6-442c-bbe9-937b6768962c%2F0908de62-a864-4e64-819a-5f7dbe7336e6%2Fkrjzrgn_processed.jpeg&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:5.2 The sieve analysis of ten soils and the liquid and plastic limits of the fraction pass-
ing through the No. 40 sieve are given below. Classify the soils using the AASHTO
classification system and give the group indexes.
Sieve analysis
(percent finer)
Soil
No.
Liquid
limit
Plastic
limit
No. 10
No. 40
No. 200
1
98
80
50
38
29
2
100
92
80
56
23
3
100
88
65
37
22
4
85
55
45
28
20
5
92
75
62
43
28
6
48
28
NP
7
87
62
30
32
24
8
90
76
34
37
25
100
78
8
NP
10
92
74
32
44
35
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