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Abdalrhman Ali: Engineering Technical Baghdad Department of Building and Construction

This document describes a sieve analysis experiment to determine the percentage of different grain sizes in a soil sample. The experiment involves collecting a 500g soil sample, breaking it into individual particles, stacking sieves in order of decreasing size, shaking the sample through the sieves for 10-15 minutes, weighing the amount retained on each sieve, and calculating the percentage of different sizes. The results are often plotted on a graph using logarithmic paper to evaluate the fineness modulus, which indicates properties like aggregate behavior in concrete but cannot fully represent the soil's grading on its own.

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Abdalrhman Ali: Engineering Technical Baghdad Department of Building and Construction

This document describes a sieve analysis experiment to determine the percentage of different grain sizes in a soil sample. The experiment involves collecting a 500g soil sample, breaking it into individual particles, stacking sieves in order of decreasing size, shaking the sample through the sieves for 10-15 minutes, weighing the amount retained on each sieve, and calculating the percentage of different sizes. The results are often plotted on a graph using logarithmic paper to evaluate the fineness modulus, which indicates properties like aggregate behavior in concrete but cannot fully represent the soil's grading on its own.

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Engineering Technical College

Baghdad

Department Of Building And


Construction

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Division

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Name of report preparer :

Abdalrhman Ali
Sieve Analysis
Purpose of the experiment : 

Determination of the percentage of different grain sizes
contained within a soil. The mechanical sieve analys is is
performed to determine the distribution of the larger
sized particles.

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Apparatus and Device :

1- Stack of sieves including a pan at the bottom and cover
(cap) at the top.
2- Sieves used are: No. 4, 10, 16, 30, 40, 50, 100 and 200.
3- Balance with an accuracy to 0.01 gram.
4 - Rubber pestle and mortar (for crushing the soil if
lumped or conglome rated).
5 - Mechanical sieve shaker, if any (shaking by hands could
be employed).
6 - Drying oven .
the method work :

1- Collect a representative oven dry soil sample. Samples having largest
particles of the size of No. 4 sieve openings (4.75 m m) should be about
500 grams. For soils having largest particles of size greater than 4.75 m m,
larger weights are needed.
2- Break the soil sample into individual particles using a mortar and a
rubber tipped pestle. (Note: The idea is to break up the soil into individual
particles, not to break the particles themselves.)
3- Determine the mass of the sample accurately to 0.1 g W).
4- Prepare a stack of sieves. A sieve with larger openings is placed above a
sieve with smaller openings. The sieve at the bottom should be No. 200. A
bottom pan should
be placed under sieve No. 200. As mentioned before, the sieves that are
generally used in a stack are Nos. 4, 10,20,40, 60, and 200; however, more
sieves can be placed in between.
5- Pour the soil prepared in Step 2 into the stack of sieves from the top.
6- Place the cover on the top of the stack of sieves.
7- Run the stack of sieves through a sieve shaker for about 10 to 15
minutes.
8- Stop the sieve shaker and r emove the stack of sieves.
9- Weigh the amount of soil retained on each sieve and the bottom pan.
10- If a considerable amount of soil with silty and clayey fractions is
retained on the No.200 sieves, it has to be washed. Washing is done by
takingt he No. 200 sieve with the soil retained on it and pouring water
through the sieve from a tap in the laboratory When the water passing
through the sieve is clean, stop the flow of water.

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Fineness Modulus

a single factor computed from the sieve analysis is sometimes


used, particularly in the united states. This is the fineness
modulus define as (1/100) of the sum of the cumulative
percentage retained on the sieves of the standard series.
However, it is clear that one parameter, the average, cannot be
representative of the distribution; thus, the same fineness
modulus can represent an infinite number of totally different size
distribution or grading curves. The fineness modulus cannot be
used as a single description of the grading of aggregate. However,
it is valuable for measuring slight variations in the aggregate
from the same source. The fineness modulus indicates the
probable behavior of a concrete mix mad with aggregate having a
certain grading and the use of the fineness modulus an
assessment of aggregate and in mix proportioning has many
supporters.

Logarithmic paper is used to draw the curve of this


experiment in order to obtain accurate results and to make
drawing the curve easy, as it is divided into equal divisions
in measurements and facilitates the drawing process with
accuracy.

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