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Geotechnical Engineering I
Geotechnical Engineering I
ENGINEERING I
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING
RESOURCE PERSON: Hafiz Usman Tariq ([email protected])
LECTURE 7
9TH MARCH 2019
SOIL CLASSIFICATION
INDEX PROPERTIES OF SOIL
1. B.S
2. MIT system
3. Unified soil classification system (USCS) ASTM
4. AASHTO soil classification
MECHANICAL ANALYSIS OF
SOIL
S: Solid Soil particle Mechanical Analysis
OR
W: Liquid Water
Particle Size Analysis
A: Air Air
OR
Grain Size Distribution (GSD)
Why?
To group soils with
similar engineering
properties.
To predict soil behavior.
MECHANICAL ANALYSIS OF
SOIL
Mechanical analysis is the determination of the size range of particles present in
a soil, expressed as a percentage of the total dry weight.
0.075 mm (USCS)
0.06 mm (BS)