SOILS IDENTIFICATION, Hand Method - Alberta

ATT-29 ScopeATT-29/95, SOILS identification , Hand Method describes the procedures for determining the classification andproperties of fine-grained SOILS using ten simple hand tests and the bottle litre medicine bottle1 kg paper bagData Sheet: Field identification of SOILS , MAT procedure is used on grading and subgrade preparation projects. The handmethod of SOILS identification (Section ) and the bottle test (Section ) are usedto determine to which standard moisture-density relation curve is the in-place densitytest compared, to calculate the percent hand tests are also used on preliminary soil surveys to identify similar SOILS andsimilar moisture conditions. If similar SOILS are identified, the number of samplessubmitted to a testing laboratory for classification can be approximately kg of representative fine grained the project identification on the heading portion of the data sheet, asshown in Figure the sample identification data on the column corresponding to thesample being the dry soil with your between:a)slight dry strength - friable, sample crumbles into powder with somefinger )medium dry strength - considerable pressure required to powder thesample; Amount of Water to Wetc)high dry strength - the dried sample ca

ATT-29 Scope ATT-29/95, SOILS IDENTIFICATION, Hand Method 1.0 SCOPE This method describes the procedures for determining the classification and properties of fine-grained soils using ten simple hand tests and the bottle test.

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