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    Soil classification systems group soils based on similar engineering properties to provide guidance for engineers. The most common classification criteria are particle size and plasticity, as determined through simple index tests. While classifications have limitations and deviations, they establish a universal terminology for communication between engineers and preliminary design considerations, without replacing detailed soil testing.

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    Soil classification systems group soils based on similar engineering properties to provide guidance for engineers. The most common classification criteria are particle size and plasticity, as determined through simple index tests. While classifications have limitations and deviations, they establish a universal terminology for communication between engineers and preliminary design considerations, without replacing detailed soil testing.

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    Soil classification systems group soils based on similar engineering properties to provide guidance for engineers. The most common classification criteria are particle size and plasticity, as determined through simple index tests. While classifications have limitations and deviations, they establish a universal terminology for communication between engineers and preliminary design considerations, without replacing detailed soil testing.

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    Soil Mechaincs Fall-2017 Semester Engr.

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    Introduction:
    Classifying soils into groups with similar behavior, in terms of simple indices, can provide
    geotechnical engineers a general guidance about engineering properties of the soils through
    the accumulated experience.

    Most soil classifications employ very simple index-type tests to obtain the characteristics of
    the soil needed to place it in a given group. Clearly a soil classification loses its value if the
    index tests become more complicated than the test to measure directly the fundamental
    property needed. The most commonly used characteristics are particle size and plasticity.

    Empirical correlations between index properties and fundamental soil behavior have many
    large deviations.

    The particle size distribution and the Atterberg limits are useful index tests inherently
    involves disturbance of the soil, they may not give a good indication of the behavior of the in
    situ, undisturbed soil.

    Soil Classification:

    It is necessary to adopt a formal system of soil description and classification in order to


    describe the various materials found in ground investigation. Such a system must be
    meaningful and concise in an engineering context, so that engineers will be able to
    understand and interpret.
    It is important to distinguish between description and classification:

    Description of soil is a statement that describes the physical nature and state of the soil. It
    can be a description of a sample, or a soil in situ. It is arrived at by using visual examination,
    simple tests, observation of site conditions, geological history, etc.

    Classification of soil is the separation of soil into classes or groups each having similar
    characteristics and potentially similar behavior. A classification for engineering purposes
    should be based mainly on mechanical properties: permeability, stiffness, strength. The class
    to which a soil belongs can be used in its description.

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    The aim of a classification system is to establish a set of conditions which will allow useful
    comparisons to be made between different soils. The system must be simple. The relevant
    criteria for classifying soils are the size distribution of particles and the plasticity of the soil.
    For measuring the distribution of particle sizes in a soil sample, it is necessary to conduct
    different particle-size tests.

    What is the purpose of soil classification?

    a) Method of categorizing w.r.t engineering performance.


    b) Language of communication between engineers.
    c) Universal terms of nomenclature are used.
    d) Data for preliminary design, Doesnt eliminate the need for detailed soil testing and
    investigation.

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