Part 3 Classify the following soils using the Unified soil classification system. Give group symbols and group names. Sieve analysis (percent finer) Soil Liquid Plasticity No. No. 4 No. 200 limit limit Comments C, = 4.48 and C, = 1.22 1 94 3 NP 2 100 77 63 25 100 86 55 28 4 100 45 36 22 5 92 48 30 8
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- soil mechanic. Classify the soil according to unified soil classification system USCS; if the following data is given : Passing sieve No. 200 =7% / Passing sieve No. 4 = 40% / D10= 0.18, D30= 0.69 and D60= 3/ LL-28%, Pl=19%3. Classify the following soils using the Unified Soil Classification System. Give group symbols and group names. Sieve Analysis (percent finer) Liquid Plastic Soil No. Comments Limit Limit No. 4 No. 200 1 94 3 NP 100 77 63 25 3 100 86 55 28 Cu = 4.48 4 100 45 36 22 And Cc= 1.22 5 92 48 30 60 40 26 4 7 99 76 60 32Classify the following soils by the Unified soil classification system. Give the group na soil Soil 1 2 Sieve analysis (percentage finer) Liquid Plastic No. 4 No. 200 limit limit 98 28.5 33.2 22.6 95 10 30 22 D10 D30 8 D60 0.085 0.12 0.135 Q1)
- 4. The result of sieve analysis of three soils is given. It is required to classify these soils according to the AASHTO Classification system. Sieve No. 4 8 10 20 40 60 100 200 LL PL Diam. (mm) 4.760 2.380 2.000 0.840 0.420 0.250 0.149 0.074 SIEVE ANALYSIS Soll A 85 80 68 62 52 48 38 25 42 33 Percent Passing Soil B 98 90 85 78 62 55 50 45 45 37 Soil C 100 95 88 75 60 52 40 34 38 18The result of sieve analysis of three soils is given next. It is required to classify these soils according to the AASHTO Classification System. Use the attached AASHTO Classification of Highway Subgrade Materials Table. (a) Classification of Soil A. (b) Classification of Soil B. (c) Classification of Soil C. Sieve Analysis Results for Situation 9 Sieve Analysis Sieve Diameter, Percent Passing Number mm. 4.76 90 100 100 8. 2.38 84 90 100 10 2. 72 77 98 20 0.84 66 59 91 40 0.42 58 50 85 60 0.25 50 42 79 100 0.149 44 36 70 200 0.074 38 33 LL 42 46 47 PL 23 29 24 63Question 18 Classify the following soils using the Unified soil classification system. Give the group symbol. No. 4 = 92 No. 200 = 48 LL = 30 PL = 8 A) SP В GC SM D SC
- 2. The result of sieve analysis of three soils is given. It is required to classify these soils according to the AASHTO Classification System. Sieve No. 4 8 10 20 40 60 100 200 LL PL Diam. (mm) 4.760 2.380 2.000 0.840 0.420 0.250 0.149 0.074 SIEVE ANALYSIS Soil A 90 64 55 33 24 17 9 5 Percent Passing Soil B 100 90 77 59 50 42 36 33 46 29 Soil C 100 100 78 91 85 79 70 63 47 24 a. What is the classification of Soil A? b. What is the classification of Soil B? c. What is the classification of Soil C?Problem 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. Soll No. 567699AWN. 4 8 10 No. 10 98 100 100 85 92 48 87 90 100 92 Sleve analysis (percent finer) No. 40 80 92 88 55 75 28 62 76 78 74 No. 200 50 80 65 45 62 6 30 34 8 32 Liquid limit 38 56 37 28 43 32 37 44 Plastic limit 29 23 22 20 28 NP 24 25 NP 35Given the following Sieve Analysis and Atterberg limits results. Answer the following questions: 1- What is the effective diameter of this soil? 2- Calculate the uniformity coefficient and coefficient of gradation 3- Determine the percentage of Gravel, Sand, Fine soils according to USCS. 4- Classify the soil using AASHTO (with GI) & USCS (with group name). Diameter Sieve # % Passing 100 (тm) 90 4 4.75 96 80 3.35 90 70 10 78.8 60 20 0.85 56.8 50 40 0.425 37.8 40 60 0.25 23.6 30 100 0.15 13 20 200 0.075 4.6 10 Рan LL 10 10 0.1 0.01 Diameter PL 5 Percent Passing (%) 2.
- 3.11 Classify the following soils by using the Unified soil classification system. Give the group symbols and the group names. Sleve analysls- Percent finer Liquld Ilmit Plasticity Index Soll No. 4 No. 200 C, C. 1 70 30 33 21 48 20 41 22 95 70 52 28 4 100 82 30 19 100 74 35 21 6. 87 26 18 38 69 88 78 38 8. 99 57 54 26 9. 71 11 32 16 4.8 2.9 10 100 2 NP 7.2 2.2 11 89 65 44 21 12 90 39 31 3.9 2.1 Ans.: 1. SC (clayey sand with gravel), 2. GC (Clayey Gravel with sand), 3. CH (sandy fat clay), 4. CL (Lean clay with sand), 5. CL (Lean clay with sand), 6. SC (CIlayey sand), 7. CH (sandy fat clay), 8. CH (sandy fat clay), 9. SP-SC (Poorly Graded sand with gravel and sand), 10. sW (Well-graded sand), 11.CL (Sandy lean clay), 12. SP-SC (Poorly Graded sand with gravel and sand) 3.12 For an inorganic soil, the following grain-size analysis is given. U.S. Percent Sleve No. passing . 4 100 10 90 20 64 40 38 80 18 200 13 For this soil, LL = 23 and PL = 19. Classify the soil by using (a) AASHTO soil…10 11 percent. Classify the using the textural classification chart: a) Compute the percentage of clay. b). Compute the percentage of silt. c) Classify the type of soil. Problem: soil to be used as highway Classify the given subgrade material using the AASHTO method by using the attached table for its classification. Sieve analysis % finer No. 10 sieve = 47% %3D No.40 sieve = 28% No.200 sieve = 9% Plasticity for the minus No. 40 fraction Liquid limit 0 Plasticity index = 2%Q1: Classify the below soil according to Unified Soil Classification System (USCS) and the AASHTO System. Sieve No. sieve Diameter pass % 65 4. 4.75 10 52 16 1.18 40 30 0.6 26 40 0.425 21 60 0.25 14 200 0.075 10 And the Liquid Limit (LL) = 35, lastic Limit (PL) = 18 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0.01 0.1 1 10 Sieve Dia mm % Buyssed