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This document provides definitions and formulas for calculating various indices related to soil properties including density index, uniformity coefficient, coefficient of gradation, sorting coefficient, liquid limit, plastic limit, plasticity index, shrinkage index, liquidity index, consistency index, toughness index, and activity of clay. It includes formulas for calculating the percentage retained on sieves, cumulative percentage retained, percentage finer, group index, liquid limit using the one point method, plastic limit using two methods, and shrinkage limit.

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This document provides definitions and formulas for calculating various indices related to soil properties including density index, uniformity coefficient, coefficient of gradation, sorting coefficient, liquid limit, plastic limit, plasticity index, shrinkage index, liquidity index, consistency index, toughness index, and activity of clay. It includes formulas for calculating the percentage retained on sieves, cumulative percentage retained, percentage finer, group index, liquid limit using the one point method, plastic limit using two methods, and shrinkage limit.

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DENSITY INDEX (RELATIVE DENSITY) SOIL MODIFICATION (USDA)

𝑒𝑚𝑎𝑥 − 𝑒𝑜 % 𝑆𝑎𝑛𝑑
𝑅𝐷 = ∗ 100% 𝑀𝑜𝑑𝑖𝑓𝑖𝑒𝑑 % 𝑜𝑓 𝑆𝑎𝑛𝑑 =
𝑒𝑚𝑎𝑥 − 𝑒𝑚𝑖𝑛 100% − % 𝐺𝑟𝑎𝑣𝑒𝑙
1 1 % 𝑆𝑖𝑙𝑡
𝛾𝑑(𝑚𝑖𝑛) − 𝛾𝑑(𝑜) 𝑀𝑜𝑑𝑖𝑓𝑖𝑒𝑑 % 𝑜𝑓 𝑆𝑖𝑙𝑡 =
100% − % 𝐺𝑟𝑎𝑣𝑒𝑙
𝑅𝐷 = ∗ 100%
1 1
− % 𝐶𝑙𝑎𝑦
𝛾𝑑(𝑚𝑖𝑛) 𝛾𝑑(𝑚𝑎𝑥) 𝑀𝑜𝑑𝑖𝑓𝑖𝑒𝑑 % 𝑜𝑓 𝐶𝑙𝑎𝑦 =
100% − % 𝐺𝑟𝑎𝑣𝑒𝑙
𝛾𝑑(𝑜) − 𝛾𝑑(𝑚𝑖𝑛) 𝛾𝑑(𝑚𝑎𝑥)
𝑅𝐷 = [ ][ ] ∗ 100%
𝛾𝑑(𝑚𝑎𝑥) − 𝛾𝑑(𝑚𝑖𝑛) 𝛾𝑑(𝑜)
Group Index (GI)
PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION
𝐺𝐼 = (𝐹200 − 35)[0.20 + 0.005(𝐿𝐿 − 40)] + 0.01(𝐹200 − 15)(𝑃𝐼 − 10)
1. Percentage retained on any sieve, r
𝑀𝑟
𝑟= ∗ 100%
𝑀 LIQUID LIMIT:
2. Cumulative percentage retained on each sieve, R 𝑁 𝑥
ONE POINT METHOD: 𝐿𝐿 = 𝑤𝑁 (25)
𝑅 = ∑𝑟
x=0.092; LL<50%
X=0.120; LL>50%
3. Percentage finer, F

𝐹 = 100 − 𝑅 PLASTIC LIMIT:


∑ 𝑃𝐿
LD1: 𝑃𝐿 = 𝑛
∗ 100%
2∆𝑤
UNIFORMITY COEFFICIENT, 𝑪𝒖 LD2: 𝑃𝐿 = 𝐿𝐿 − 𝑀 & 𝑃𝐿 = 𝐿𝐿 − 4.2∆𝑤
log 2
𝑀1
𝐷
𝐶𝑢 = 𝐷60
10

COEFFICIENT OF GRADATION, 𝑪𝑪 SHRINKAGE LIMIT


(𝐷30 )2
𝐶𝑢 = 𝐷 𝑀 − 𝑀𝑠 𝑉 − 𝑉𝑑
60 ∗𝐷10 𝑆𝐿 = − ∗ 𝜌𝑤
𝑀𝑠 𝑀𝑠
SORTING COEFFICIENT, 𝑺𝒐
𝜌𝑤 1
𝑆𝐿 = ( − )
𝐷 𝜌𝑑 𝐺𝑠
𝑆𝑜 = √𝐷75
25
4. PLASTICITY INDEX

𝑃𝐼 = 𝐿𝐿 − 𝑃𝐿
5. SHRINKAGE INDEX

𝑆𝐼 = 𝑃𝐿 − 𝑆𝐿
6. LIQUIDITY INDEX
𝑤 − 𝑃𝐿
𝐿𝐼 =
𝑃𝐼
7. CONSISTENCY INDEX
𝐿𝐿 − 𝑤
𝐶𝐼 =
𝑃𝐼
8. TOUGHNESS INDEX
𝑃𝐼
𝑇𝐼 =
𝐹𝐼

ACTIVITY OF CLAY:
𝑷𝑰
𝑨=
𝝁
where μ is the percentage of clay sizes, i.e. of particle sizes less than
0.002mm.

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