Klasifikasi tanah sistem USC

Major Division (more than half of materials is larger than No. 200)Coarse grained soils (more than half of coarse fraction is larger than No. 4sieve size)Gravels fines)Gravels with fines Clean gravels Group Symbol GW GP GM GC Typical names Well-graded gravels,-sand mixtures, little or no fines Poorly graded gravels ,gravel-sand mixtures, little or no fines Classification criteria for coarse grained soils Cu 4 1 Cc 3 Not meeting all gradation requirements for GW (Cu < 4 or 1 > Cc > 3 ) Atterberg Above A line limits below A with 4<Ip<7 line or Ip<4 are boederline cases requiring use of dual symbols

d u

Silty gravels, gravel-sand-silt mixtures

(little or no amount of fines)

Clayey gravels, gravel-sand-clay mixtures

Atterberg limits above A line with Ip>7

Sands

Clean Sands

(appreciable

SW SP SM SC

Well graded sands, gravelly sands, little or no fines Poorly graded sands, gravelly sand, little ot no files

Cu 6 1 Cc 3 Not meeting all gradation requirements for SW (Cu < 6 or 1 > Cc > 3 ) Atterberg Limits plotting limits below A in hatched line or Ip<4 zone with 4Ip7 are Atterberg borderline limits above A line with Ip>7 cases requiring use of dual symbols

Sands with fines

d u

Silty sands, sand-silt mixtures Clayey sand, sand-clay mixtures

(more than half of coarse fraction is smaller than No. 4 sieve size)

(more than half of material is smaller than No. 200)Fine garined soils

(appreciable

(little or no fines) amount of fines)

ML (liquid limit < 50)Silts and clays

CL

Inorganic silts and very fine sands, 1. Determine percentages of sand rock flour, silty or clayey fine gravel from grain-size curve sands, or clayey silts with slight 2. Depending on percentages of plasticity fines (fraction smaller than 200 sieve size), coarse-grained soils are classified as follow: Less than 5%-GW,GP,SW,SP Inorganic clays of low to medium More than 12%plasticity, gravelly clays, sandy GM,GC,SM,SC. 5 to 12%clays, silty clays, lean clays Borderline cases requiring dual symbols Cu=

OL

Organic silts and organic silty clays of low plasticity

D60 D10

2 D30 Cc= D10 D60

MH (liquid limit > 50)Silts and clays CH OH

Inorganic silts, micaceous or diatomaceous fine sandy or silty soils, elastic silts Inorganic clays or high plasticity fat clays Organic clays of medium to high plasticity, organic silt

soilsOrganicHighly

Pt

Peat and other highly organic soils