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Job No.5: To Determine The Grading or The Size Distribution of The Aggregates Using The Sieve Analysis

This document describes the procedure for performing a sieve analysis test to determine the particle size distribution of aggregates. The test involves sieving a sample of aggregates through a series of sieves and measuring the mass retained on each sieve. This provides data to calculate values like fineness modulus and determine if the aggregate is well graded, poorly graded, or gap graded. The procedure involves drying the sample, stacking the sieves properly, mechanically shaking the sample for 3-5 minutes, weighing the material retained on each sieve, and calculating percentages to evaluate gradation.

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Job No.5: To Determine The Grading or The Size Distribution of The Aggregates Using The Sieve Analysis

This document describes the procedure for performing a sieve analysis test to determine the particle size distribution of aggregates. The test involves sieving a sample of aggregates through a series of sieves and measuring the mass retained on each sieve. This provides data to calculate values like fineness modulus and determine if the aggregate is well graded, poorly graded, or gap graded. The procedure involves drying the sample, stacking the sieves properly, mechanically shaking the sample for 3-5 minutes, weighing the material retained on each sieve, and calculating percentages to evaluate gradation.

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Job No.

5: To determine the grading or the


size distribution of the aggregates using
the sieve Analysis
Scope & Significance:
This test method covers the determination of the particle size distribution of fine and coarse
aggregates by sieving. This test method is used to determine the grading of materials
proposed for use as aggregates or being used as aggregates. Accurate determination of
materials finer than 75 micron (Sieve No 200) cannot be achieved by this test

Apparatus and Materials:


1. Set of sieves.
2. A dried specimen of aggregate.
3. Trays.
4. Electronic weighting machine.
5. Mechanical shaker.

Related Theory:

Fineness Modulus:
It is the cumulative percentage retained on standard sieve 150m or sieves No 100
and above divided by 100.

Sieve Analysis:
It is the operation of dividing the aggregate into various fractions, each consisting of
particles of same size.

OR

It is the operation of determining the particle size distribution of the given specimen

Well graded aggregate:


Aggregate is said to be well graded when it has good representation of particle of all
sizes (large, medium and small in equal proportion)

Poorly Graded Aggregate: (uniformly graded):

Aggregate is said to be poorly graded if it has an excess of certain particles and deficiency of
other particles

OR

It has most of the particles of about the same size (also known as a uniformly graded
aggregate)
Gap Graded Aggregate:
Aggregate is said to be gap graded if particles of both large and small size are present
but with a relatively low proportion of particles with the intermediate size.

Procedure:
Take 2 kg of the oven-dried sample. The sample should be perfectly dry because if there is
some moisture content present then the particles will stick together and will not pass through
the sieves.

Temperature of the oven = 1105 C

Place the set of standard and non-standard sieves one above another with the smallest
aperture opening at the bottom. The pan is placed at the bottom-most position. This
experiment can be performed manually or with the aid of a machine called "sieve shaker".
The manual method should be performed in a proper sequence which is as follows;

Forward and backward motion

Left and right motion

Clockwise (CW) and counter-clockwise (CCW) motion

Frequent jolting:
Time elapsed for the sieving process is 3-5 minutes and should not be less than 3
minutes .Weigh the mass retained on each sieve and calculate the percentage passing through
each sieve. Then the FM can be calculated by using the relation.

Observation and Calculations:

Fine Aggregate:

SIEV SIEV MASS % CUMULATIV CUMULATIV


E# E RETAINE RETAINE E% E%
SIZE D D RETAINED PASSING
S Kg

4 4.75 0 0 0 100

8 2.36 O.O50 2.5 2.5 97.5

16 1.18 _ _ _ _

25 0.050 2.5 5 95

30 .6 _ _ _ __

50 .3 1.2 60 65 35

100 .15 0.50 25 90 10


PAN PAN 0.20 _ _ _

SUM 2 162.5 _

FM= retained on seive 150 m or above/100

FM= 162.5/100 => 1.625

Coarse Aggregate:

SIEV SIEV MASS % CUMULATIV CUMULATIV


E# E RETAINE RETAINE E% E%
SIZE D D RETAINED PASSING
S kg

19 0.04 1 1 99

3/8 9.5 2.07 51.75 52.75 47.25

4 4.75 1.855 46.375 99.075 0.925

8 2.36 O 0 99.075 0.925

16 1.18 0 0 99.075 0.925

30 0.6 0 0 99.075 0.925

50 0.3 0 0 99.075 0.925

100 0.15 0 0 99.075 0.925

PAN PAN 0.035 _ _ _

SUM 4 648.2 _

FM= retained on seive 150 m or above/100

FM=648.2/100 => 6.482

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