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ENGINEERING
CLASSIFICATION OF SOIL
Today’s Challenge
Give it food and it will live;
give it water and it will die.
Need of Classification
Textural Classification Chart
Pranamesh Chakrabo1r0ty
Example
30% sand
30% silt
40% clay
Soil Type
Clay
Pranamesh Chakrabor1t1y
Pranamesh
Chakrabo2rt3y
Course
Grained
Fine
Grained
Organic
Soil
Peat
FOUR MAJOR DIVISIONS
Examples
Classification Group Symbols
krabo2rt5
y
Main Soil
Type
Prefix Subgroup Suffix
Classification
Group symbols
Gravel G
Well-graded
Poorly-graded
Silty
Clayey
W
P
M
C
GW
GP
GM
GC
Sand S
Well-graded
Poorly-graded
Silty
Clayey
W
P
M
C
SW
SP
SM
SC
Silt M
LL < 50%
LL > 50%
L
H
ML
MH
Clay C
LL < 50%
LL > 50%
L
H
CL
CH
Organic O
LL < 50%
LL > 50%
L
H
OL
OH
Peat Pt PPrtanameshCha
Engineering classification of soil
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