a2) Soil with Liquid Limit of 55%, which of the following the most possible USCS classification...
Confirm the ASHTO classification and USCS classification Soil A: AASHTO A-2-7 USCS The soil is SM (silty sand) Soil B: AASHTO A-1-a USCS soil is poorly graded Soil C: AASHTO Coarse grained A-1-b USCS soil is SC-sm Soil D: AASHTO Slity Clay - A-7-6 USCS soil is CH Soil E: AASHTO Slity Clay - A-4 USCS soil is CL-ML Sieve %Passing A B C D E 37.5 100 26.5 100 94 19 89 100 82 9.5 76 78 69 4.75...
CIVL 311 Soil Mechanics Lab HWE2 Problem 2.1 The grain size distribution, liquid limit, and plastic limit for several soils are shown below. • Determine the USCS group symbol and group name for soils through G. • Determine the AASHTO group classification and group index for soils through G. (The #10 sleve has an opening size of 2mm.) • Rank the four soils through G in order of best to worst highway subgrade. Which of the following USCS soils would...
Classify inorganic soil A in the figure using the USCS
classification system if the soil has a liquid limit of 44 and a
plastic limit of 21.
Using the chart below
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Problem 3 - Soil Classification (15 pts) For the following soils, classify each using the USCS classification. Plasticity %passing #4 sieve %passing #200 sieve Group Symbol 100 95 Soil clay silt sand gravel Sample A 12 83 5 0 B 4 25 665 C 4 25 71 D5 59 360 E 18 49 303 95 29 Liquid Limit 66. 3 31.4 36 60. 9 49 19.9 6 7.6 23 100 29 1 100 97 64 67 |
Problem 0 Classify the following soil according to USCS soil classification system Sieve Analysis, % Finer No. 200 80 75 41 Consistency data PL 28 29 Soil No. 4 91 95 82 60 41 24
Problem 2 (25 points) The sieve analysis of three soils and the liquid and plastic limits of the fraction passing through the No. 40 sieve are given below. Soil C c Sieve analysis - Percent finer No.4 No. 10 No. 40 No. 200 70 65 55 36 7162 4 8 11 Atterberg tests Liquid limit Plastic limit C 33 21 32 16 2 4.8 2.9 (a) Classify Soil 1 by the USCS with the group name. (b) Classify Soil 2...
15. Which of the following is an Atterberg limit? Liquid limit Plastic limit Shrinkage limit All of the above 16. Effective size of soil particles is denoted by (a) D10. (b) D20. (c) D30. (d) D60. 17. A given volume of soil in natural occurrence consists of (a) solid particles only. (b) void spaces occupied by air and/or water. (c) solid particles and void spaces. (d) solid particles and void spaces occupied by air and/or water 18. Which of the...
The following data were obtained from the Atterberg Limits test for a soil: Liquid Limit = 41.0% Plastic Limit = 21.1% a. What is the plasticity index of the soil? b. If the in situ moisture content of the soil is 30%, what is the liquidity index of the soil?
Soils Mechanics
Assignment 3 1. In a liquid limit test on a fine-grained soil, using the Casagrande apparatus, the following results were recorded: Test # 2 Number of blows 40 30 23 Container number c19 c10 c20 Wet soil + container 93.49 92.5 92.3 87.5 Dry soil + container 90.76 90.53 89.36 85.95 Container mass 84.16 86.1 83.12 82.79 dry soil moisture loss Moisture content, w% If the plastic limit on the same soil was found to be 25% determine...
and Atterberg's limits (LL and PL.) for five soils are shewm atod answer the following questions Use uniñled s poit beow Assame all pods are inorganic RINES SAND Find MediumCoarse P #200 100 10 10 0 0.001 0.1 0.01 Particle size (mm) Soil Liquid Plastic Limit Limit 80 50 30 NP 40 NP (a) Sand content of soil D: (b) Gravel content of soil E: (c) Fines content for soil B (d) Dso for soil C e) USCS classification of...