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TABLE

(l)

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Definitions of particre size, size Ranges, and symbors

Soil Fraction
or C-omponcnt

Syrnbol

Bwlders

Nonc

Cobbls

Gclcr thau 300 mm

Nonc

75

m to 30O -.n

75

m- 6

Coarsc-grained soils:
Graocl

Sc Rangc

Coarsc

JJ mm 19 t mm
19 rnm to No, 4 sievc
(4.75 mm)
No. 4 (4.75 mm) to
No.2@ (0.075 -m)
No. 4 (4.75 mm) ro
No. l0 (2.0 mm)
No. l0 (2.0 mm) to
No.40 (.425 mm)
No. aO (0.425 mm) to
No. 200 (0.075 mm)

Fic
Sand
Coarsc

Mcdiuo
:

Finc
(2)

Fine-graincd soils:
Fines

I-ss

au No.

(0.O75

silr

Organic Soils:

usc

sizc-

usc Atterberg Iimils)

Pt

Gradation Symbols

sizc-

Attcrbcrg limi6)

(No specific grain

Pcat:

200 sieve

-m)

(No srccific graia

Clay
(3)
(4)

No. 4 sicvc

(4.75 mm)

spccific grain sizc)

gfaio sizc)

(1.{o specific

quid bmir Symbots

Hish LL, H

Well-gradcd, W
Poorly-graded, p

,,.

Lovr*LL,i.._..

groups are divided into for-rr secondary groups,

GW and sw, Gp and sp,
and sM, GC and sc, dependini 5r,,i"'gr"i"
rL.iistribution and
nature of fines in the_soils. weil-graded (w)
soi's have , gooa representa_
tion of all particre sizes whereai the poo;ry graded (p)
soils are either
uniform or skip- or gap-graded (Fig. z.a). wrr"trr".
u g.urt o, surray so, is
well graded can be determined uy
ltotting the grain size distribution curve
and computing the coefficient oi uniformity-e
and the coefficient of
curvature Q. These coefficients are defined in
Cliapter 2 as

cM

:
t'^D@
Di'

(2-re)

and the coefficient of curvature

f1 _

Di

-"-4]-D;',

(2-2a)