New Era University

College of Engineering and Architecture

Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering

Solution:

U.S. Cumulative Cumulative

sieve Size Mass Mass Mass Percent Finer
no. (x) Retained Retained Passed (y)
U.S. sieve
# no. Size
mm (x) gMass Retained
g Cumulative
g Mass Retained
% Cumulative M
#4 4.75mm 0 g 0 729 g 100 g
410 2 4.75 40 0 40 689 0 94.51303155 729
1020 0.85 2 60 40 100 629 40 86.28257888 689
2040 0.4250.85 89 60 189 540 100 74.07407407 629
4060 0.425
0.25 140 89 329 400 189 54.8696845 540
6080 0.180.25 122 140 451 278 329 38.13443073 400
80
100 0.150.18 210 122 661 68 451 9.327846365 278
100
200 0.0750.15 56 210 717 12 661 1.646090535 68
200
Pan 0.075 12 56 729 0 717 0 12
Pan TOTAL 729 12 729 0
TOTAL 729

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Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering

PARTICLE-SIZE DIS-
TRIBUTION CURVE
100

80
Percent FINER

60

40

20

0
10 1 0.1 0.01
Particle size (mm) - log scale

Particle-size distribution parameters:

D10 0.151
a. Uniformity coefficient (C u ¿ D25 0.166
D 60 0.288 D30 0.171
C u= = D60 0.288
D 10 0.151
D75 0.448
C u=1.907 mm

b. Coefficient of gradation or coefficient of curvature (C c ¿

( D30 )2 (0.171)2
C c= =
D60 D10 (0.288)(0.151)
C c =0.672 mm

c. Sorting coefficient ( SO ¿

SO =
√ √
D75
D25
=
0.448
0.166

SO =1.643 mm

1. The following are the results of a sieve analysis:

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Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering

Mass
Sieve Size Retaine
d
# Mm G
4 4.75 25
8 2.36 70
10 2.00 100
20 0.85 190
40 0.425 160
60 0.25 230
80 0.18 270
100 0.15 420
200 0.075 41
Pan   17
  TOTAL 1523

Size Mass Cumulative Cumulative

Sieve (x) Retained Mass Retained Mass Passed Percent Finer (y)
# mm g g g %
4 4.75 25 25 1498 98.35850295
8 2.36 70 95 1428 93.76231123
10 2 100 195 1328 87.19632305
20 0.85 190 385 1138 74.7209455
40 0.425 160 545 978 64.21536441
60 0.25 230 775 748 49.1135916
80 0.18 270 1045 478 31.38542351
100 0.15 420 1465 58 3.808273145
200 0.075 41 1506 17 1.116217991
Pan 17 1523 0 0
TOTAL 1523

a. Draw the grain-size distribution curve.

GRAIN-SIZE DISTRIBUTION
CURVE
100
90
Percent Finer

80
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70
60
50
40
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10
0
10 1 0.1 0.01

New Era University

Particle size (mm) - log scale

College of Engineering and Architecture

Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering

b. MIT system

MIT
GRAVEL >2
MAX 100
MIN 87.2
12.8
SAND 2 to 0.06
MAX 87.2
MIN 0
87.2
100

c. USDA system
USDA
GRAVEL >2
MAX 100
MIN 87.2
12.8
SAND 2 to 0.05
MAX 87.2
MIN 0
87.2
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d. AASHTO system

AASHTO
GRAVEL 76.2 to 2
MAX 100
MIN 87.2
12.8
SAND 2 to 0.075
MAX 87.2
MIN 1.12
86.08
SILT 0.075 to 0.002
MAX 1.12
MIN 0
1.12
100

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