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SOIL STRENGTH

(For Fine Grained Soils)

Field Test
Unconfined Compressive Strength (after Terzaghi and Peck)
Term SPT Value (after cooling, Skempton and
Kips / sq.ft. KN / sq.m. Glossop)
Squeezes between fingers
Very soft 0 0.5 0 25 02
when fist is closed
Easily molded by fingers
Soft 0.5 1 25 50 34
Molded by Strong pressure
Firm 12 50 100 58
of fingers
Dented by strong pressure of
Stiff 23 100 150 9 16
fingers
Dented only slightly by
Very Stiff 34 150 200 17 32
finger pressure
Dented only slightly by
Hard 4+ 200 + > 32
pencil point
PAVEMENT DESIGN GUIDE

Sub base design using the Group Index Method

Excellent A-1 a sub grade, high quality granular base, No sub base and base are required

Good Zero group index, tolerance of one (1), Does not required sub base

Fair 2 4 Group Index


Requires of 10 cm of good selected sub base material, or base thickness should be increased by one half of sub base.

Poor 5 9 Group Index


Requires 20 cm of selected sub base material, lower half should at least have fair quality, upper half should at least be of good
quality, or granular base thickness should be increased by one half of sub base thickness

Very Poor 10 20 group index


Requires 30 cm of selected sub base material, lower 20 cm should at least have fair quality, upper 10 cm should be of good
quality, or granular base thickness increased by one half of sub base thickness

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