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( <br /> IpPPENUIX B <br /> LABORATORY T[STIIVG <br /> � GENERAL I <br /> Suil samplcs oblained Gom Ihc borings uen transportcd to our labor:iton and ex,imiucd io cc,ntinn or <br /> � modify ficld classifiwlions, as u�ell ns to evalimtc indes prope�lics o(ihe soil samples. Represcutativc <br /> samples were sdecied for laboraton tesiing consisiing of tlie detennination of the moicture content, <br /> perccnl lincs, grain sizc Jislribulion, AUcrl�cri, Limils, �md consnlid;uion p;ir:imctcrs. 'I'hc tcsls ��crc <br /> performcd in gcucral acca'dance with tcs[ tnctheds of thc Amrri�::m tiocicty for 'f��stin�: �mJ �1;iirri,Jti <br /> I (AS'fM)or othcr applic:ible proccdurcs. <br /> SOIL CLASSIFICATIONS <br /> ( All soil samples ob�aincd liom tlic burings �scru �iswdly cl:issiticd in Ihc ficld and/nr in our laboralon <br /> I using a sys�em based on lhe Uuified Soil Classilicalion tiyslem (USCS) :md AS'Ih9 classifirition <br /> methods. AS'I'M test meihod U 2dSR aas uscd tu visu:dly classify tlie soil samples,��n�i�ns�rn� i� 2•is� <br /> was used �o clnssify thc suils based on la6oratorv lcsts resulls. 'fhesc d;�ssificntion procedures arc <br /> � incarporatcd in thc horing logs shmvn in Pigurcs A-2 thruugh A-7, in Appcndis A. <br /> MOISTURE CONTENT TESTING <br /> I Moisture conlent Icsts �vere completed in gener.il accord;mce with AS'I'M U 2116 for reprexentutive <br /> snmples ob�ained Gom the borings. 'llic results of Qicsc tests arc prescnted on thc boring I��gs in <br /> Appcndix A at the depths at which thc satnples were obtained. <br /> I PERCENT PASSING U.S. NO.200 SIEVE <br /> Selcctcd samplcs were "wasLed"thmugh thc No. 200 mesh sicve W detcnninc Ihc rclativc perccntagcs ol <br /> coarse nnd tine•grained particles in thc soil. 'lhe percent passing v.ilue(%P)represenls the percenlage by <br /> � wcight of �he sample tiner than the U.S. No. 200 sicve. 'I'hcsc tests were cunducted io vcrify ficld <br /> Jescrip�ions and lo detertnine tlic fines con�ent for analysis purpuses. 'llie tes�s were conducted in gener:d <br /> accord;+nce with ASTM D I 140, and Ihe results are shown on tlie boring logs at the respcetive s;m�ple <br /> � dcplh. <br /> SI[VE ANALYSES <br /> � Sicvc:malysis was perlbrmcd m�a sciceted samplc in gcnci:�l accordancc wilh ASTM U 42210 dctcrminc <br /> thc samplc gr.iin sirc dislribution. Thc �vci sicvc aualysis method was uscd to detcrniinc thc percenlage <br /> O�SOII (�'fCBICI'IIIiIII Illl' U.S. NO. �OO I11CSI7 Sll`VC. �I1C fC511I�5 O� II1C $ICVL'aualysis wcrc pluttcd,classilicd <br /> in general accordancc with tlic Unified Soil Classitication System (USCS), and are presenled in <br /> ' I'igurc I3-I. <br /> ATTERBERG LIMITS TESTING <br /> ' Alterberg limiiti testing�vas perfonned on threc fine-grained soil samples. '11�c icsls «�ere used to clnssiTy <br /> the soils as wcll as to evaluate index propertics. 'Ihe liquid limit and the plastic limit were estimatcd <br /> ihruugh a procedure perlimned in general accord�uue with AS'I'h1 D 431R. 'ihe resulls of the At�crberg <br /> limits icsting an�prescmcd in Figure I3?. <br /> � CONSOLIDATION TESTS <br /> One-dimensiunal consolidatiou tesls were conducted on onc rclativcly widisturUed soil samples. 'll�e <br /> ' consolidation testing ���ns conducted in gener.d �iccordance with ASTM D 2435, using x li�ed-ring <br /> consolidometec Thc results of the cousolidation tes�s fur both s.�mples are presented in Figurc 13-3. <br /> � FilrNn. 5576-Ua;-(1(1 PngcB-1 (�iEOENGINEER� <br /> � .i�d��rv. :an.v <br /> � �ti <br /> L - <br />