PROBLEM

For an inorganic soil, the following grain-size analysis is given. For this
soil, LL= 23 and PL= 19. Classify the soil by using A. AASHTO soil
classification system B. Unified Soil Classification System. Give group
names and group symbols.
ANSWER: https://youtu.be/86BOGMzoMEc
 Soil No. 10 No. 40 No. 200 Liquid Limit Plasticity Index

A 90 38 13 23 4

AASHTO SOIL CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM

𝑃𝐼 = 𝐿𝐿 − 𝑃𝐿
𝑃𝐼 = 23 − 19
𝑃𝐼 = 4

A-1-b(0)
B. Classify the soil by using USCS
US sieve no. %Passing
𝑃𝑒𝑟𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝐹𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑠 = %𝑃𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑛𝑜. 200 𝑠𝑖𝑒𝑣𝑒
4 100 𝑃𝑒𝑟𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝐹𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑠 = 13%
10 90
20 64 𝑃𝑒𝑟𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝐺𝑟𝑎𝑣𝑒𝑙 = 100% − %𝑃𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑛𝑜. 4 𝑠𝑖𝑒𝑣𝑒
40 38 𝑃𝑒𝑟𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝐺𝑟𝑎𝑣𝑒𝑙 = 100% − 100%
𝑃𝑒𝑟𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝐺𝑟𝑎𝑣𝑒𝑙 = 0%
80 18
200 13
𝑃𝑒𝑟𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑆𝑎𝑛𝑑 = 100% − %𝑃𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑛𝑜. 200 − %𝐺𝑟𝑎𝑣𝑒𝑙
Percent Fines = 13%
𝑃𝑒𝑟𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑆𝑎𝑛𝑑 = 100% − 13% − 0%
Percent Gravel = 0% 𝑃𝑒𝑟𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑆𝑎𝑛𝑑 = 87%
𝐿𝐿 =23 𝑃𝐿 =19
Percent Sand = 87% 𝑃𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝐼𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑥 = 𝐿𝐿 − 𝑃𝐿
Plasticity Index = 4 𝑃𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝐼𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑥 = 23 − 19
𝑃𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝐼𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑥 = 4
B. Classify the soil by using USCS
Percent Fines = 13%
Percent Gravel = 0%
Percent Sand = 87%
Plasticity Index = 4

US sieve %Passing
no.

4 100
10 90
20 64
40 38
80 18
200 13
B. Classify the soil by using USCS
𝑃𝐼 = 4 𝐿𝐿 = 23

Therefore, the fines is

classified as CL-ML
B. Classify the soil by using USCS
𝑃𝐼 = 4 𝑛𝑜. 200 = 13 %𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑠 =13 %𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑣𝑒𝑙 =0 %𝑠𝑎𝑛𝑑 =87
B. Classify the soil by using USCS

Therefore, the soil is classified as

SC-SM = Silty, clayey sand