Civil Engineering - Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering - Discussion

Discussion Forum : Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering - Section 1 (Q.No. 24)
24.
The effective size of particles of soil is denoted by
D10
D20
D30
D60
Answer: Option
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Bishal said:   9 years ago
D10 is termed as the effective particle size it means that 10 percent of the particles are finer and 90 percent of the particles are coarser than that particular particle size D10.
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B.Sanchez said:   1 decade ago
Because it gives the maximum particle diameter of the smallest 10% of soil particles.
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V.ramesh said:   1 decade ago
Why not D30 and D60 are effective sizes?

Vijaykumar said:   6 years ago
D10 indicats the finer soil.

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