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Study on Compressed Stabilized Earth Blocks
Table 1: Characteristic properties
Properties Sample I Sample II Sample III
(Dochula) (Bjimina) (Debsi)
Dry Density 1.24 g/cc 1.19 g/cc 1.18 g/cc
Moisture Content (%) 18.30 17.31 18.09
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Liquid Limit (%) 24.2 20.8
Plastic Limit (%) 28.25 21.2 16.95
Plasticity Index 0 3 3.85
3.1.1 Particle Size Distribution
The tests for particle size distribution were carried our in accordance with [3] for all the
three samples presented in Table 2, Table 3 and Table 4 respectively
Wt Retained % Wt Re- Cum.% Wt
S/No Sieve Size % Wt passing
(g) tained Retained
1 20mm 0.5 0.25 0.25 99.75
2 16mm 8 4.04 4.29 95.71
3 12.5mm 5 2.53 6.82 93.18
4 10mm 5.5 2.78 9.60 90.40
5 6.3mm 4 2.02 11.62 88.38
6 4.75mm 6 3.03 14.65 85.35
7 2mm 8 4.04 18.69 81.31
8 600µm 37.5 18.94 37.63 62.37
9 425µm 19 9.60 47.22 52.78
10 300µm 13.5 6.82 54.04 45.96
11 150µm 12 6.06 60.10 39.90
12 75µm 18 9.09 69.19 30.81
13 pan 61 30.81 100.00 0.00
Total 198 434.09
FM = 4.34
Table 2: Grain size distribution for sample I
(Since more than 50% of fine soil passes through 4.75mm sieve, further classification was
required)
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