• The Atterberg limits are a basic measure of the critical water contents of a fine-grained soil: its shrinkage limit, plastic limit, and liquid limit. Depending...
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    Albert Mauritz Atterberg (19 March 1846 – 4 April 1916) was a Swedish chemist and agricultural scientist who created the Atterberg limits, which are commonly...
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    their Atterberg limits; the most commonly used Atterberg limits are the liquid limit (denoted by LL or w l {\displaystyle w_{l}} ), plastic limit (denoted...
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    on the plasticity properties of the soil, as measured by the soils' Atterberg limits. ISO 14688 grades clay particles as being smaller than 2 μm and silt...
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  • Swedish composer and engineer Atterberg limits This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Atterberg. If an internal link led you...
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    only properties of the soil grains (e.g., grain size distribution, Atterberg limits, compaction characteristic of soil, to determine the general lithology...
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    as "poorly-graded". Silts and clays are distinguished by the soils' Atterberg limits, and thus the soils are separated into "high-plasticity" and "low-plasticity"...
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    from the earthquake's epicenter, snapping the cables as it passed. Atterberg limits Dry quicksand Earthflow Earthquake engineering Fluidization Liquefaction...
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    gravity Grain size analysis (sieve analysis or hydrometer method) Atterberg limits Free swell index Swelling pressure Dry density Triaxial shear test...
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    are also adjusted to have approximately the same numeric value within the limits of the scale. Although the mass media commonly reports earthquake magnitudes...
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    particle diameters as small as 0.02 mm were considered sand under the Albert Atterberg standard in use during the early 20th century. The grains of sand in Archimedes'...
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    evolution during large deformation in spatially variable soils by random limit equilibrium and material point methods". Computers and Geotechnics. 111:...
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    particles over 2 mm (0.079 in) in diameter, without specifying an upper size limit. Gravel is sometimes distinguished from rubble, which is loose rock particles...
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  • by ΔV = ΔhA. Plugging this relationship into the above, and taking the limit as Δt → 0, the differential equation d h d t = − K L h {\displaystyle {\frac...
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    Fine-grained soils, mainly silts and clays, are classified according to their Atterberg limits. A well-graded soil is a soil that contains particles of a wide range...
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  • moisture at the plastic limit (liquidity index equal to zero), preconsolidation ranges from about 12 to 25 tsf. See Atterberg limits for information about...
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