Calculate the coefficient of gradation, Cc. ? Classify the soil by AASHTO and USCS system. (LL = 30, PL = 10) ?

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  1. Calculate the coefficient of gradation, Cc. ?
  2. Classify the soil by AASHTO and USCS system. (LL = 30, PL = 10) ? 

Use this given

 

M=Mass of soil retained in pan +∑Mass reatianed in each sieve⇒M=617 gM=Mass of soil retained in pan +∑Mass reatianed in each sieve⇒M=617 g

Sieve No. Opening Size (mm) Mass retained (g) %Mass retained=MiM×100=MiM×100 %Cumulative mass retained % Finer
4 4.750 28 =28617×100%=4.54%=28617×100%=4.54% 4.54 95.46
10 2.0 42 =42617×100%=6.81%=42617×100%=6.81% 11.35 88.65
20 0.850 48 =48617×100%=7.78%=48617×100%=7.78% 19.13 80.87
40 0.425 128 =128617×100%=20.74%=128617×100%=20.74% 39.87 60.13
60 0.250 221 =221617×100%=35.82%=221617×100%=35.82% 75.69 24.31
100 0.150 86 =86617×100%=13.94%=86617×100%=13.94% 89.63 10.37
200 0.075 40 =40617×100%=6.48%=40617×100%=6.48% 96.11 3.89
Pan   24 =24617×100%=3.89%=24617×100%=3.89% 100 0

 

Now, to plot the GSD curve, the % finer is kept on the vertical axis and the opening size are kept on the horizontal axis - using a logarithmic scale, which will give something like:

 

D10, D30 and D60

D10: Sieve Opening corresponding to which percent finer is 10

D30: Sieve opening corresponding to which percent finer is 30

D60: Sieve opening corresponding to which percent finer is 60.

 

From the figure above,

D10 = 0.150 mm

D30 = 0.275 mm

D60 = 0.425 mm

 

 

 Uniformity coefficient

The uniformity coefficient, Cu is given by:

Cu=D60D10⇒Cu=0.4250.15⇒Cu=2.8

0.01
0.1
10
SIEVE OPENING (MM)
Transcribed Image Text:0.01 0.1 10 SIEVE OPENING (MM)
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