Faculty of Applied Engineering and Urban Planning Civil
Faculty of Applied Engineering and Urban Planning Civil Engineering Department Soil Mechanics ECGD 3303 Atterberg's Limits Lecture 4 Week 2 1 st Quadester 2007/2008 UP Copyrights 2007
Content • Soil Consistency • Atterberg Limits • Liquid Limit • Plastic Limit • Shrinkage Limit • Plasticity Index • Liquidity Index • Plasticity Chart
Soil Properties � Engineering Properties § Shear strength – stability of slopes, B. C of soil & earth pressure on retaining wall § Permeability - seepage through earth masses § Compressibility - settlement � Index properties �The properties of soils which are not of primary interest to the geotechnical engineer but which are indicative of the engineering properties are called index properties �Soil classification
Soil Consistency Soil consistence provides a means of describing the degree and kind of cohesion and adhesion between the soil particles as related to the resistance of the soil to deform or rupture Soil Behave Like: SOILD at very low moisture content LIQUID at very high moisture content
Soil Consistency - Atterberg Limits Depending on Moisture Content soil can be divided into: Moisture Content (w) - + 1. Solid Shrinkage Limit (SL) 2. Semi-Solid 3. Plastic 4. Liquid LI = 0 Liquidity Index (LI) LI = 1 Plastic Limit (PL) Plasticity Index (PI) = PL - LL Liquid Limit (LL)
Questions? ! 20: 00 min
Liquid Limit - Definition Liquid Limit (LL) is defined as the moisture content at which soil begins to behave as a liquid material and begins to flow (Liquid limit of a fine-grained soil gives the moisture content at which the shear strength of the soil is approximately 2. 5 k. N/m 2)
Liquid Limit - Measurement First Method Casagrande Apparatus ASTM D-4318
Liquid Limit - Measurement Liquid Limit (LL) at N = 25
Liquid Limit – Flow Index w 1=44 w 2=39 N 1=20 Flow Index N 2=30
Liquid Limit - Measurement Second Method Fall Cone Method BS 1377
Liquid Limit - Measurement Liquid Limit (LL) at d = 20 mm
Questions? ! 45: 00 min
Plastic Limit - Definition The moisture content (%) at which the soil when rolled into threads of 3. 2 mm (1/8 in) in diameter, will crumble.
Plastic Limit - Measurement First Method ASTM D-4318 PL = w% at d 3. 2 mm (1/8 in. )
Plastic Limit - Measurement Second Method Fall Cone Method BS 1377 Plastic Limit (PL) at d = 20 mm
Questions? ! 75: 00 min
Plasticity Index - Definition Plasticity Index is the difference between the liquid limit and plastic limit of a soil. PI = LL – PL
Plasticity Index - Definition PI (%) = 4. 12 IF (%) PI (%) = 0. 74 IFC (%) Question!! Which PI is more reasonable for construction projects? The high one or the low one? !
Questions? ! 90: 00 min
Shrinkage Limit - Definition The moisture content, in percent, at which the volume of the soil mass ceases to change
Shrinkage Limit - Definition
Shrinkage Limit - Measurement
Questions? ! 90: 00 min
Soil Consistency - Atterberg Limits Depending on Moisture Content soil can be divided into: Moisture Content (w) - + 1. Solid Shrinkage Limit (SL) 2. Semi-Solid 3. Plastic 4. Liquid LI = 0 Liquidity Index (LI) LI = 1 Plastic Limit (PL) Plasticity Index (PI) = PL - LL Liquid Limit (LL)
Liquidity Index - Definition
Plasticity Chart - Definition • Casagrande (1932) studied the relationship of the plasticity index to the liquid limit of a wide variety of natural soils. • He proposed a plasticity chart
Organic Inorganic Silt Clay
Questions? ! 120: 00 min
- Slides: 30