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Section 7-1
𝟐𝑨−
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Eng Mohamed Allam
Sohag University Civil Engineering Department
Faculty of Engineering Highway and Airport Engineering
Soil Classification
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• Fine grained soil
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Eng Mohamed Allam
Sohag University Civil Engineering Department
Faculty of Engineering Highway and Airport Engineering
Soil Classification
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2. Unified Soil Classification System
𝑙𝑖𝑜𝑠 𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑖𝑎𝑟𝑔 𝑒𝑠𝑟𝑎𝑜𝐶 𝑒𝑠𝑟𝑎𝑜𝐶 → ≤ 50%
{ % # 200
𝑙𝑖𝑜𝑠 𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑖𝑎𝑟𝑔 𝑒𝑠𝑟𝑎𝑜𝐶 𝑒𝑛𝑖𝐹 → > 50%
• Coarse grained soil
𝑙𝑒𝑣𝑎𝑟𝐺 → ≤ 50%
{ % #4
𝑑𝑛𝑎𝑆 → > 50%
< 5% 𝛪 𝑒𝑠𝑎𝐶
% #200 { > 12% 𝛪𝛪 𝑒𝑠𝑎𝐶
𝛪𝛪 𝑒𝑠𝑎𝐶 5% − 12% 𝐶𝑎𝑠𝑒 𝛪 +
𝑪𝒂𝒔𝒆 𝜤:
𝐷60 𝑊𝑆 → ≥ 6 𝑊𝐺 → ≥ 4
= 𝑢𝐶 { = 𝑢𝐶 { = 𝑢𝐶
𝐷10 𝑃𝑆 → < 6 𝑃𝐺 → < 4
𝑙𝑒𝑣𝑎𝑟𝐺 → 𝐺 𝑑𝑛𝑎𝑆 → 𝑆 𝑑𝑒𝑑𝑎𝑟𝑔 𝑊 → 𝑊𝑒𝑙𝑙 − 𝑑𝑒𝑑𝑎𝑟𝑔 𝑃 → 𝑃𝑜𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑦 −
(𝐷30 )2
𝑡𝑛𝑒𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑜𝐶 𝑦𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑟𝑜𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑈 → 𝑢𝐶 𝐷( = 𝑒𝑟𝑢𝑡𝑎𝑣𝑟𝑢𝐶 𝑓𝑜 𝑡𝑛𝑒𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑜𝐶 → 𝑐𝐶
) 10 )(𝐷60
𝐷10 , 𝐷30 , 𝐷60 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑎𝑚𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑠𝑖𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑠 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑐ℎ 𝑝𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑠 10,30,60% 𝑜𝑓 𝑠𝑜𝑖𝑙 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑙𝑦.
𝑪𝒂𝒔𝒆 𝜤𝜤:
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Eng Mohamed Allam