TABLE 3.3 CONSISTENCY OF COARSE-GRAINED SOILS VARIOUS RELATIVE DENSITIES (Adapted from Lambe and Whitman, 1969) Relative Density, D, (%) 0-15 15-35 35-65 65-85 85-100 Classification Very loose Loose Medium dense Dense Very dense "Lambe and Whitman used the term "medium," but "medium dense" is better because "medium" usually refers to the grain size distribu- tion.
TABLE 3.3 CONSISTENCY OF COARSE-GRAINED SOILS VARIOUS RELATIVE DENSITIES (Adapted from Lambe and Whitman, 1969) Relative Density, D, (%) 0-15 15-35 35-65 65-85 85-100 Classification Very loose Loose Medium dense Dense Very dense "Lambe and Whitman used the term "medium," but "medium dense" is better because "medium" usually refers to the grain size distribu- tion.
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Transcribed Image Text:TABLE 3.3 CONSISTENCY OF COARSE-GRAINED
SOILS VARIOUS RELATIVE DENSITIES (Adapted
from Lambe and Whitman, 1969)
Relative Density, D, (%)
0-15
15-35
35-65
65-85
85-100
Classification
Very loose
Loose
Medium dense
Dense
Very dense
"Lambe and Whitman used the term "medium." but "medium dense"
is better because "medium" usually refers to the grain size distribu-
tion.

Transcribed Image Text:A standard penetration test has been conduted at a depth of 15 ft in an 8-inch diameter
exploratory boring using a USA-style safety hammer and a standard sampler. This test
produced an uncorrected N-value of 12. The soil inside the sampler was a fine-to-medium
sand with Dsq = 0.6 mm. The vertical effective stress at this depth is 1100 lb/ft². Adjust the N-
value as described in Class handout, then compute the relative density and classify the soil
using Table 3.3.
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