The sieve analysis of ten soils and the liquid and plastic limits of the fraction passing through the No. 40 sieve are given below. Classify the soils using the AASHTO classification system and give the group indexes. % Passing No. 10: 92 % Passing No. 40: 75 % Passing No. 200: 62 LL = 43 PL = 28 Group classification: Blank 1 Group index: Blank 2 Blank 1 Add your answer Blank 2 Add your answer

The sieve analysis of ten soils and the liquid and plastic limits of the fraction passing through the No. 40 sieve are given below. Classify the soils using the AASHTO classification system and give the group indexes. % Passing No. 10: 92 % Passing No. 40: 75 % Passing No. 200: 62 LL = 43 PL = 28 Group classification: Blank 1 Group index: Blank 2 Blank 1 Add your answer Blank 2 Add your answer

Principles of Geotechnical Engineering (MindTap Course List)

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Author:Braja M. Das, Khaled Sobhan

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Chapter2: Origin Of Soil And Grain Size

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 2.2CTP: Refer to Problem 2.C.1. Results of the sieve analysis for Soils A, B, and C are given below. To...

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Question 5 The sieve analysis of soil and the liquid and plastic limits of the fraction passing through the No. 40 sieve are given below. Classify the soils using the AASHTO classification system and give the group indexes. % Passing No. 10: 98 % Passing No. 40: 80 % Passing No. 200: 50 LL = 38 %3D PL = 29 Group classification: Blank 1 Group index: Blank 2
Question 3 The sieve analysis of soil and the liquid and plastic limits of the fraction passing through the No. 40 sieve are given below. Classify the soils using the AASHTO classification system and give the group indexes. % Passing No. 10: 48 % Passing No. 40: 28 % Passing No. 200: 6 LL = - %3D PL = NP Group classification: Blank 1 Group index: Blank 2
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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 35
SITUATION 1 The sieve analysis of three soils and the liquid and plastic limits of the fraction passing no.40 Classify each soil using AASHTO classification system. ( sieve are given below. each Sieve Analysis Diameter Percent Finer (%) Sieve No. (mm) A 4 4.750 90 100 100 8 2.360 64 90 100 10 2.000 54 77 98 20 0.850 34 59 92 40 0.425 22 51 84 60 0.250 17 42 79 100 0.150 9. 35 70 200 0.075 33 63 Characteristics of fraction passing no.40 sieve LL 35 46 47 PL 29 29 24
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