ATTERBERG LIMITS CLUSTER: SOIL

MECHANICS &
GEOTECHNICAL
ENGINEERING

SUBJECT: ATTERBERG
LIMITS
Ex. 9: The following data shows the results of the Liquid Limit, and Plastic Limit test. CLUSTER: SOIL
Liquid Limit: MECHANICS &
Water Content: GEOTECHNICAL
Test No. 1 2 3 4
ENGINEERING
No. Of Blows 35 21 16 11 Test No. 1 2
Wt. Of Wet Soil + 22.46 21.33 21.29 26.12 SUBJECT: ATTERBERG
Wt. Of Wet Soil + 17.94 g 17.39 g LIMITS
Wt. Of Dry Soil + 19.44 18.75 18.78 22.10 Container
Wt. Of Container 12.76 13.05 13.21 13.52 Wt. Of Dry Soil + 14.84 g 14.36 g
Container
Plastic Limit:
Test No. 1 2 Wt. Of Container 7.84 g 7.5 g
Wt. Of Wet Soil + Container 22.10 g 21.77 g
Wt. Of Dry Soil + Container 20.42 g 20.19 g
Wt. Of Container 13.07 g 13.18 g
a. Calculate the liquid limit.
b. Calculate the plastic limit.
c. Determine the state of soil.
Ex. 9: The following data shows the results of the Liquid Limit, and Plastic Limit test. CLUSTER: SOIL
Liquid Limit: MECHANICS &
Water Content: GEOTECHNICAL
Test No. 1 2 3 4
ENGINEERING
No. Of Blows 35 21 16 11 Test No. 1 2
Wt. Of Wet Soil + 22.46 21.33 21.29 26.12 SUBJECT: ATTERBERG
Wt. Of Wet Soil + 17.94 g 17.39 g LIMITS
Wt. Of Dry Soil + 19.44 18.75 18.78 22.10 Container
Wt. Of Container 12.76 13.05 13.21 13.52 Wt. Of Dry Soil + 14.84 g 14.36 g
Container
Plastic Limit:
Test No. 1 2 Wt. Of Container 7.84 g 7.5 g
Wt. Of Wet Soil + Container 22.10 g 21.77 g
Wt. Of Dry Soil + Container 20.42 g 20.19 g
Wt. Of Container 13.07 g 13.18 g
a. Calculate the liquid limit.
b. Calculate the plastic limit.
c. Determine the state of soil.
Ex. 10: In a liquid limit test, using cone penetrometer, the following readings were recorded. CLUSTER: SOIL
Moisture Content (%) Cone Penetration (mm) MECHANICS &
32.2 14.5 GEOTECHNICAL
ENGINEERING
41.7 16.7
51.4 18.6 SUBJECT: ATTERBERG
LIMITS
64.6 21.2
72.9 22.9

Plastic Limit Test

Weight of wet soil + container = 22.21 g Weight of dry soil + container = 21.51 g
Weight of container = 13.04 g
Natural Water Content Test
Weight of wet soil + container = 17.58 g Weight of dry soil + container = 14.79 g
Weight of container = 7.77 g
a. Compute the liquid limit
b. Compute the plastic limit
c. Compute the natural water content
d. Compute the plasticity index
e. Compute the liquidity index
f. Compute the consistency index
Ex. 11: A saturated soil has he following characteristics: CLUSTER: SOIL
Initial volume = 25.2 cm3 Final Volume = 16.1 cm3 Mass of Wet Soil MECHANICS &
= 46 g Mass of Dry Soil = 32 g GEOTECHNICAL
a. Determine the shrinkage limit of soil ENGINEERING
b. Determine the shrinkage ratio.
SUBJECT: ATTERBERG
c. Determine he specific gravity of soil solids. LIMITS
SOIL CLASSIFICATION CLUSTER: SOIL
MECHANICS &
GEOTECHNICAL
ENGINEERING

SUBJECT: SOIL
CLASSIFICCATION
Ex. 12: Solve for the following: CLUSTER: SOIL
MECHANICS &
a. Classify soil A using AASHTO method. GEOTECHNICAL
ENGINEERING
b. Classify soil B using AASHTO method
SUBJECT: SOIL
c. Classify soil C using AASHTO CLASSIFICCATION

GI = (F200 −35)[0.2 + 0.005(LL − 40)]+ 0.01(F200 −15)(PI −10)

 CLUSTER: SOIL
Example 12: MECHANICS &
GEOTECHNICAL
Classify the soils using USCS method. ENGINEERING
Sieve Diameter Soil A Soil B Soil C
No. SUBJECT: SOIL
CLASSIFICCATION
#4 4.760 90 100 100

#8 2.380 64 90 100

#10 2.000 54 77 98

#20 0.840 34 59 92

#40 0.420 22 51 84

#60 0.250 17 42 79

#100 0.149 9 35 70

#200 0.074 4 33 63

LL -- 46 47

PL -- 29 24
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Example 13: A sample of inorganic soil has the following grain size characteristics:
MECHANICS &
Size Percent GEOTECHNICAL
(mm) finer ENGINEERING
2.0 100 SUBJECT: SOIL
0.075 70 CLASSIFICCATION
0.050 65
0.005 32
0.002 15
LL 52%
PI 20%
Classify the soil by USDA method.

1. Compute the percentage of clay.

A. 5 B. 10 C. 15 D. 20

2. Compute the percentage of silt.

A. 45 B. 50 C. 60 D. 75

3. Classify the soil.

A. Clay B. Loam, Sandy C. Loam, Clay D. Loam, Silty
Loam Loam Loam
CLUSTER: SOIL
MECHANICS &
GEOTECHNICAL
ENGINEERING

SUBJECT: SOIL
CLASSIFICCATION
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Example 14: %clay = 5%
MECHANICS &
%silt = 40% GEOTECHNICAL
ENGINEERING
%sand = 30% Classify the soil using USDA method
SUBJECT: SOIL
CLASSIFICCATION
CLUSTER: SOIL
MECHANICS &
GEOTECHNICAL
ENGINEERING

SUBJECT: SOIL
CLASSIFICCATION