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Engineering College

Civil Engineering Department

Construction materials lab

Ex.Name : Sieve Analysis of Fine and Course

Aggregate

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Prepared by :

Submitted to : Dr. Ahmad Al Ahmad

Ex.Name: Sieve Analysis of Fine and Course Aggregate

Purpose:
1- To determine the particle size distribution
(gradation) .
2- To determine the maximum size of Aggregate.
3- To determine the fineness modulus .

Standard:
ASTM - AASHTO

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Apparatus:
- Standerd sieves and pans
- Quartering machine
- Mechanical sieve shaker balance
- Drying oven
- Round pans
- Small scoop and brushes

Procedure:

1. Take the sample and put it in oven to make it dry and

its weight become constant.
2. Put the sample in the pan.
3. Stir the sample to get good distribution of Aggregate.
4. Make the Aggregate as a cone to divide it by quarter
method.
5. After divide the aggregate to (4) equal quarter we take
the weight of the sample size (5kg).

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6. Put the sample in large sieves and shake it by hand
with rotational move above the pan.
7. We put the sample which reach to the pan in the small
sieves.
8. And we put all small sieves at the Shaker and turn it
on for (10)minutes.
9. At the final we take the weight from every sieve and
comparison the result with the standard.

Results:
Sieve
size(m
m)
25
19
12.5
9.5
4.75

Retained
Weight(
gm)
0
1462
1864
786
1073

%
0
27.6
5
35.2
6
14.8
7
20.3
0

Cumulativ
e
weig
%
ht
0
0
1462 27.6
5
3326 62.9
2
4112 77.7
9
5185 98.0
9

% Passing

100
72.35
37.09
22.22
1.92

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2.36
1.18
0.15
0.075
Pan

91

1.72

0.08

0.06

0.04

0.02

5276 99.8
1
5280 99.8
9
5283 99.9
4
5285 99.9
8
5286 100

0.20
0.12
0.06
0.02
0.00

100
90
80
70
60
50

% Passing

40
30
20
10
0.01

0.1

10

0
100

Sieve size (mm)

Calculation:
1-Calculate percent retained and % cumulative: (in the table
above)
2-Calculate the Fineness Modulus:

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F.M =

Cumulative percent retained

100
27.65 77.97 98.09 99.81 99 89 99.94

5.03
100

Discussion:
We use the sieve analysis to sort aggregates according
to its size (coarse, fine and fines), which help us to
know about the aggregates properties.

Source of error:
- Human error (In calculations)
- Error in the measurement tools (In the balance)