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AASHTO Soil Classification System (From ASTM M 145)

The AASHTO Soil Classification System categorizes soils into seven main groups (A-1 through A-7) based on their grain size and plasticity characteristics. Group A-1 consists of gravel and sand soils with little or no fines, while Groups A-2 through A-7 contain increasing amounts of silt and clay. The system uses sieve analysis and Atterberg limits to determine a soil's group, with plasticity index and liquid limit thresholds separating the groups.

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AASHTO Soil Classification System (From ASTM M 145)

The AASHTO Soil Classification System categorizes soils into seven main groups (A-1 through A-7) based on their grain size and plasticity characteristics. Group A-1 consists of gravel and sand soils with little or no fines, while Groups A-2 through A-7 contain increasing amounts of silt and clay. The system uses sieve analysis and Atterberg limits to determine a soil's group, with plasticity index and liquid limit thresholds separating the groups.

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AASHTO Soil Classification System (from ASTM M 145)

Silt-Clay Materials
Granular Materials
General Classification >35% passing the 0.075 mm
35% or less passing the 0.075 mm sieve
sieve
A-1 A-2 A-7
Group Classification A-3 A-4 A-5 A-6 A-7-5
A-1-a A-1-b A-2-4 A-2-5 A-2-6 A-2-7
A-7-6
Sieve Analysis, %
passing
2.00 mm (No. 10) 50 max --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
51
0.425 (No. 40) 30 max 50 max --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
max
10 35 35 35 35
0.075 (No. 200) 15 max 25 max 36 min 36 min 36 min 36 min
max max max max max
Characteristics of
fraction passing 0.425
mm (No. 40)
40 40 40 40
Liquid limit --- --- 41 min 41 min 41 min 41 min
max max max max
10 10 10 10 11
Plasticity index 6 max N.P. 11 min 11 min 11 min
max max max max mina
Usual types of stone
fine
significant constituent fragments, silty or clayey gravel and sand silty soils clayey soils
sand
materials gravel and sand
General rating as a
excellent to good fair to poor
subgrade
a
Plasticity index of A-7-5 subgroup is equal to or less than the LL - 30. Plasticity index of A-7-6 subgroup is
greater than LL - 30

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