I’m doing a sieve analysis, how do I plot this on a grain distribution chart and classify the soil according to the USCS? They also want me to use 2 equations to find K. Not sure where to start…

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I’m doing a sieve analysis, how do I plot this on a grain distribution chart and classify the soil according to the USCS? They also want me to use 2 equations to find K. Not sure where to start…
Project Name:
Project Location:__
Boring No:
Notes:
4
20
40
Hydrogeology
60
100
200
Pan
Sample No.
Depth:
Oven dry weight of sample: 1102.5g
Sieve No. Sieve Opening (mm) Weight Retained (g) Cumulative wt retained Percent Retained Percent Finer
4.75 mm
0.59
100%
32.5%
24:27
0.850 mm
0.425 mm
0.250 mm
74179
94.5
4
211.3
47.36
3,39
oilg
0.150 mm.
0.0175 mm
Sample Description:
Source:
Percent G:
Percent S:
Percent F:
ویه
742.29
8367.09
1048.00
9
1095.39
1098.69
109817
구
Condition:
USCS:
O
67.5%
75.8%
95%
99.3%
99.6%
Description:
5%
0.7%
0.4%
Soil loss: 034
_%
M
ular Sc
Transcribed Image Text:Project Name: Project Location:__ Boring No: Notes: 4 20 40 Hydrogeology 60 100 200 Pan Sample No. Depth: Oven dry weight of sample: 1102.5g Sieve No. Sieve Opening (mm) Weight Retained (g) Cumulative wt retained Percent Retained Percent Finer 4.75 mm 0.59 100% 32.5% 24:27 0.850 mm 0.425 mm 0.250 mm 74179 94.5 4 211.3 47.36 3,39 oilg 0.150 mm. 0.0175 mm Sample Description: Source: Percent G: Percent S: Percent F: ویه 742.29 8367.09 1048.00 9 1095.39 1098.69 109817 구 Condition: USCS: O 67.5% 75.8% 95% 99.3% 99.6% Description: 5% 0.7% 0.4% Soil loss: 034 _% M ular Sc
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