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AN INVESTIGATION OF THE USE OF THE MOISTURE-TENSION METHOD FOR DETERMINATION OF LIQUID AND PLASTIC LIMIT VALUES OF SOIL

AN INVESTIGATION WAS CONDUCTED INTO THE FACTORS AFFECTING THE FEASIBILITY OF USING THE MOISTURE-TENSION TECHNIQUE FOR PREDICTING THE ATTERBERG LIMITS FOR INDIANA SOILS. TWENTY-EIGHT SOILS OBTAINED FROM DIFFERENT LOCATIONS IN THE STATE OF INDIANA AND TWENTY- NINE ARTIFICIALLY PREPARED SOILS (VARYING GRADATIONS) FROM THE SAME NATURAL SOILS WERE STUDIED. THE CERAMIC PLATE APPARATUS WAS USED FOR THE MOISTURE-TENSION METHOD. THE EFFECTS OF USING DIFFERENT OPERATORS TO RUN BOTH THE STANDARD TESTS FOR LIQUID AND PLASTIC LIMIT AND THE MOISTURE-TENSION TESTS WERE EVALUATED. IT WAS FOUND THAT EITHER (WC-20) (WC-20), (WC-3) (WC-3) OR (WC-3) (WC-20), WHERE WC-3 IS MOISTURE CONTENT AT 3 PSI IN THE MOISTURE-TENSION DEVICE AND WC-20 IS MOISTURE CONTENT AT 20 PSI, CORRELATED WELL WITH THE LIQUID AND PLASTIC LIMITS AND THE PLASTICITY INDEX OF THE SOILS. THE CORRELATION WAS ESTABLISHED FOR ALL THE SOILS USED REGARDLESS OF THEIR TEXTURAL CLASSIFICATION. THE RESULTS OF THE STUDY SUGGEST THE POSSIBILITY OF USING MOISTURE-TENSION TO ESTIMATE THE GRAIN SIZE DISTRIBUTION OF SOILS. /AUTHOR/

  • Supplemental Notes:
    • 6 APP
  • Corporate Authors:

    Purdue University/Indiana Department of Transportation JHRP

    Purdue University, School of Civil Engineering
    West Lafayette, IN  United States  47907-1284
  • Authors:
    • Nishio, T
  • Publication Date: 1972-7

Media Info

  • Features: Figures; References; Tables;
  • Pagination: 108 p.
  • Serial:
    • Issue Number: 15

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Filing Info

  • Accession Number: 00230138
  • Record Type: Publication
  • Files: TRIS
  • Created Date: Dec 13 1972 12:00AM