Standards Australia - AS 1726:2017

Does the retained (sand & gravel) + 75µm > 65%

COARSE GRAINED SOILS FINE GRAINED SOILS

YES NO

Is the Gravel (%) retained 2.36mm more LL≤50

than Sand 2.36mm to 75µm (%)
Y N Y N

%P0.075mm ≤ 5% %P0.075mm ≤ 5% Below 'A' line or

Below 'A' line
Y N PI<4
Y N
Y N
%P0.075mm < 12%
Y N
Calculate Cu, Cc Calculate Cu, Cc %P0.075mm < 12%
Y N Y N Organic Organic
content≥2%
Organic 4≤PI≤7 content≥2%
Fines behave as Cu>6 and
Calculate Cu, Cc Fines are silty content≥2% Y N
Cu>4 and 1<Cc<3 Calculate Cu, Cc 1<Cc<3
silt Y N
Y N Y N Y N OH CH
Y N Y N CL - ML LL<35
Cu>4 and 1<Cc<3 SW SP SM SC Y N
GW GP Y N
Y N
GM GC Cu>6 and Organic Organic
1<Cc<3 OL ML content≥2% content≥2% OH MH
Fines are silty Fines are silty Y N Y N Y N

Y N Y N Fines are silty Fines are silty OL CL OI CI SILTS

Y N Y N
GW - GM GW - GC GP - GM SP - SM
CLAYS
GP - GC SW - SM SW - SC SP - SC
𝐶𝑜𝑒𝑓𝑓𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑖𝑡𝑦 (𝐶𝑢 ):
𝐷60
GRAVELS 𝐶𝑢 =
SANDS 𝐷10
𝐶𝑜𝑒𝑓𝑓𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑐𝑢𝑟𝑣𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒 (𝐶𝑐 ):
Notes:
(𝐷30 )2
𝐶𝑐 =
1. ‘Behave as silt’ or ‘silty’ refers to dilatant, non-plastic, compared to ‘clayey’ fines which are plastic. 𝐷10 𝐷60
2. Soils with more than 25% organic content are described as peat (Pt), see table 3.
3.
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