engineering recuitment GATE CE 2023-24 Test Series Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering Classification of Soils
Sieve analysis on a dry soil sample of a mass of 800g showed that 680g and 500g of soil passed through a 4.75 mm and 0.075mm sieve, respectively. The Casagrande experiment performed on the soil sample gives the following results
| water content(%) | 40 | 34 | 28 | 25 | 22 | 18 |
| No. of Blows | 18 | 22 | 25 | 27 | 35 | 38 |
Water content at which same soil sample when rolled into a thread of diameter of 3 mm is 20%. The soil can be classified as
1
CI
2
CL
3
CL-ML
4
ML