Date Received 2019

Date Performed 2019 Criterion

Material 25 mm (G1) Gradation Fineness Modulus 9.68 ---
Total Mass of Sample (g) 6634.54 % Gravel 99.47 % Coefficient of Uniformity 1.63 4
Mass of Oven Dried Sample (g) 6468.68 % Sand 0.41 % Coefficient of Curvature 1.00 1 < Cc< 3
Moisture Content 2.50% % Fine 0.14 % Type of Soil Gravel ---
% error 1.50 % % Total 100.00% Mean Size 1.5" ---

ASTM C33
Sieve Retained Cumulative %Retained %Cumulative %Finer #5 (25 - 12.5)
1 4629.85 4629.85 72.66% 72.66% 27.34% 90-100
3/4 1652.3 6282.15 25.93% 98.60% 1.40% 20-55
1/2 51.8 6333.95 0.81% 99.41% 0.59% 0-10
3/8 2.9 6336.85 0.05% 99.45% 0.55% 0-5
#4 1.3 6338.15 0.02% 99.47% 0.53% ---
#8 1.4 6339.55 0.02% 99.50% 0.50% ---
#16 5.9 6345.45 0.09% 99.59% 0.41% ---
#30 5.8 6351.25 0.09% 99.68% 0.32% ---
#50 5.6 6356.85 0.09% 99.77% 0.23% ---
#100 6.0 6362.85 0.09% 99.86% 0.14% ---
#200 5.7 6368.55 0.09% 99.95% 0.05% ---
pan 3.1 6371.65 0.05% 100.00% 0.00% ---
TOTAL 6371.65 --- --- 100.00% --- ---

100%
95%
90% 𝐷60
85% 𝐶𝑢 =
80% 𝐷10
75% 40.74
70% 𝐶𝑢 = = 𝟏. 𝟔𝟑 D60=40.74
25.00
65%
60%
55% 𝐷30 2
50% 𝐶𝑐 =
45% 𝐷10 ∙ 𝐷60 D30=31.48
40% 31.48 2
𝐶𝑐 =
35% 25.00 (40.74)
30% 𝑪𝒄 = 𝟏. 𝟎𝟎 D50=37.04mm,
25% D10=25.00 since >50% of mass
20% is greater than
15% 0.075mm ∴ it is a
10% coarse grade soil.
5%
0%
0.01 0.1 1 10 100

9.68

2.4 4.8 9.6 19.2 38.4

∴ Soil is a coarse fine aggregate. Average value of aggregate is in between 9th and 10th sieve. It means average size is in between 19mm to 25mm. Fine Aggregate
Sample composition: 99.47% Gravel, 0.41% Sand, & 0.14% Fine ; Cu = 1.63 & Cc = 1.00. According to ASTM D2487-11, it is a GP type of soil / Poorly Graded
Gravel
 Particle Sizes greater than 1”.

Size of Particle
Passing the 1”
Sieve

Conclusion and Recommendation

Base on the experimentation and laboratory analysis, the soil sample appeared to be a poorly graded soil. This infers that the shape of the
aggregate may not conform to the structure needed by concrete, as it may accumulate air; this will gravely affect the strength and workability of the
concrete. Note that because of the laboratory constraints, the hydrometer analysis which is used to identify the particle size distribution of the soil
was not performed and thus the particle size distribution that was generated in this experiment is not complete. Other than the grading of the soil, it is
also perceived that the percent of fines (particles that are less than 0.075 mm in diameter) is just 0.3% of the total soil mass, hence this would infer
that the soil sample is not mainly affected by the Atterberg Limits that is computed in the testing, because of the dominant number of coarse particles
than the sandy and fines. Errors in the experiment performed were assumed to be almost negligible and almost collinear as shown in Graph 1, which
validates the experiment that was done.