1.

Mass of soil Mass

Sieve opening retained on Accumulativ retained
U.S Sieve diameter(mm each sieve e retained above each
no. ) (g) (g) sieve size (%) Passing (%)
4 4.75 0 0 0 100
10 2 18.5 18.5 4.392212726 95.60778727
20 0.85 53.2 71.7 17.02279202 82.97720798
40 0.425 90.5 162.2 38.50902184 61.49097816
60 0.25 81.8 244 57.9297246 42.0702754
100 0.15 92.2 336.2 79.81956315 20.18043685
200 0.075 58.5 394.7 93.70845204 6.291547958
Pan 26.5 421.2

particle size distribution

120

100

80
Fine %

60

40

20

0
10 1 0.1 0.01
Particle Diameter (mm)

Results

0.41156479
% gravel 0 D60 2
93.7084520 0.19485900
% sand 4 D30 2
6.29154795 0.09502564
% fine 8 D10 1
5. calculation of percentage formula (%finer*%passing 0.075umm)

Gradation curve of fine grained soil

120
100
80
60
40
20
0
0 0.01 0.02 0.03 0.04 0.05 0.06 0.07 0.08

7.

Sieve Size % Finer

4.75 100
2 95.6
0.85 83.0
0.425 61.5
0.25 42.1
0.15 20.2
0.075 6.3
0.07 5.66
0.046 5.032
0.034 4.41
0.026 3.77
0.019 3.15
0.014 2.52
0.009 1.89
0.0054 1.26
0.0019 0.63
Combination of graphs

Gradation Curve
100

90

80

70

60
Axis Title

50

40

30

20

10

0
0.001 0.01 0.1 1 10

Axis Title

10.

sieve openin
no g %passing
A B C D
9 10
4 4.75 8 94 100 0
8 10
10 2 0 63 49 0
6
20 0.85 5 21 40 98
5
40 0.425 5 10 38 93
60 0.26 4 7 26 88
 0
3
100 0.15 5 5 18 83
3
200 0.075 0 3 10 77
2
LL 8 63
1
PL 8 none plastic none plastic 48

Gradation curve
120

100

80 A
% Fines

60 B
C
40 D
20

0
0.01 0.1 1 10
Grain Size

Or

Gradation curve
120 A B C D

100

80
% Fines

60

40

20

0
0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5
Grain Size