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by
Dr. G. JANARDHANAN Ph.D (USA)., E. I
Associate Professor
Centre for Environmental Management
National Institute of Technical Teachers Training & Research
Chennai, India
Soil Mechanics Laboratory
BIS Code of Practice
Soil Mechanics Laboratory
BIS Code of Practice
Soil Testing
Engineering
Classification
Parameters
Tests
Tests
Proctor
Particle Size Atterberg Consolidation Permeability
Compaction Strength Tests
Distribution Limits Tests Tests
Tests
Lecture 1 Lecture 2
Cohesive Granular soils or
soils Cohesionless soils
4.75 63 200
Grain size (mm)
Fine grain Coarse grain
soils soils
Particle Size Distribution
sieve shaker
soil/water suspension
300 mm 2 mm
80 mm 0.85 mm
40 mm 0.425 mm
20 mm 0.150 mm
10 mm 0.075 mm
4.75 mm Pan
Pan
Grain Size Distribution Curve
100
80
hydrometer sieve
% Passing
60
fines sands gravels
40
D10 = 0.013 mm
20
D
30
D30 = 0.47 mm
D60 = 7.4 mm
0
0.001 0.01 0.1 1 10 100
Wide range of grain sizes present Others, including two special cases:
(a) Uniform soils grains of same size
Gravels: Cc = 1-3 & Cu >4
(b) Gap graded soils no grains in a
Sands: Cc = 1-3 & Cu >6
specific size range
22
Atterberg Limits
water content
0 Shrinkage Plastic Liquid
limit limit limit
29
Atterberg Limits
water content
0 Shrinkage Plastic Liquid
limit limit limit
plastic 31
Atterberg Limits
Test No. 1 2 3
Can #
# of blows
Liquid Limit Calculation
Plastic Limit Tabulation
Can #
Mass of can W1 (g)
Mass of can + moist soil, W2 (g)
Mass of can + dry soil, W3 (g)
PL
Plastic Limit Calculation
Atterberg Limit - Movie
Classifying Fines
Purely based on LL and PI
Intermediate plasticity
60 Low High
plasticity plasticity
40
Liquid Limit
Clays
20 Silts
0
0 20 35 50 100
Liquid Limit
IS Classification
XA
XA-XY
e.g., GP
e.g., GP-GC
.
Proctor Compaction Calculation
Proctor Compaction Calculation
Proctor Compaction Calculation
Proctor Compaction Calculation
Proctor Compaction Movie
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