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    This document discusses various methods used to classify soils based on their plasticity and structure, including the Atterberg limits developed by Albert Mauritz Atterberg. It describes the liquid limit test, plastic limit test, plasticity index, shrinkage limit test, shrinkage ratio, liquidity index, and consistency index - providing the key equations and parameters for each classification method.

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    This document discusses various methods used to classify soils based on their plasticity and structure, including the Atterberg limits developed by Albert Mauritz Atterberg. It describes the liquid limit test, plastic limit test, plasticity index, shrinkage limit test, shrinkage ratio, liquidity index, and consistency index - providing the key equations and parameters for each classification method.

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    This document discusses various methods used to classify soils based on their plasticity and structure, including the Atterberg limits developed by Albert Mauritz Atterberg. It describes the liquid limit test, plastic limit test, plasticity index, shrinkage limit test, shrinkage ratio, liquidity index, and consistency index - providing the key equations and parameters for each classification method.

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    This document discusses various methods used to classify soils based on their plasticity and structure, including the Atterberg limits developed by Albert Mauritz Atterberg. It describes the liquid limit test, plastic limit test, plasticity index, shrinkage limit test, shrinkage ratio, liquidity index, and consistency index - providing the key equations and parameters for each classification method.

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    3.

    Soil Classification
    Plasticity & Structure of Soil

    Engr. Kristine May Maturan College of Engineering Technology Cor Jesu College, Inc.
    GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING 1
    Albert Mauritz Atterberg
    a Swedish scientist who developed a method in 1900s to
    describe the consistency of fine-grained soils with varying
    moisture contents.

    Engr. Kristine May Maturan College of Engineering Technology Cor Jesu College, Inc.
    GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING 1
    Liquid Limit (L.L.)
    Obtained using the LIQUID LIMIT TEST.

    Liquid limit test:


    • liquid limit device;
    • grooving tool;
    • soil pat before test;
    • soil pat after test
    GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING 1
    Plastic Limit (P.L.)
    The plastic limit is defined as The plastic limit test is
    the moisture content in simple and is performed by
    percent, at which the soil repeated rolling of an
    crumbles, when rolled into ellipsoidal-sized soil mass
    threads of 4.2 mm ( 1/8 by hand on a ground glass
    in.) in diameter. plate
    GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING 1
    Plastic Limit (P.L.)
    PLASTICITY INDEX (P.I.) Burmister (1949) classified
    The plasticity index (P.I.) is the plasticity index in a
    the difference between qualitative manner as
    the liquid limit and the follows:
    plastic limit of a soil, or
    P.I. = L.L. – P.L.
    GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING 1
    Shrinkage Limit (S.L.)
    By the shrinkage limit test, the But, 𝑴𝟏 −𝑴𝟐
    𝝎 𝒊 (%) = × 𝟏𝟎𝟎
    shrinkage limit can be determined as 𝑴𝟐

    SL = ωi(%) – Δω(%) and


    (𝑽𝒊 −𝑽𝒇 )𝝆𝒘
    where: ∆𝝎 % = × 𝟏𝟎𝟎
    𝑴𝟐
    ωi = initial moisture content when the
    soil is placed in the shrinkage limit where:
    dish
    Vi = initial volume of the wet soil pat (that is,
    Δω = change in moisture content inside volume of the dish, cm3)
    (that is, between the initial moisture
    content and the moisture content at Vf = volume of the oven-dried soil pat (cm3)
    the shrinkage limit)
    ρw = density of water (g/cm3)
    GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING 1
    Shrinkage ratio (S.R.)
    The ratio of the volume change of soil as It can also be shown that
    a percentage of the dry volume to the
    corresponding change in moisture
    content,

    Where
    Gs = specific gravity of soil solids
    where
    ΔV = change in volume
    ΔM = corresponding change in the mass
    of moisture
    GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING 1
    Liquidity Index (L.I.)
    The relative consistency of a cohesive soil in the natural
    state can be defined by a ratio called the liquidity index,
    given by

    where
    ω = in situ moisture content of soil
    GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING 1
    Consistency of soil||
    consistency index
    Another index that is commonly used for engineering
    purposes is the consistency index (CI), which may be
    defined as

    where
    ω = in situ moisture content.

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