Site pages
Current course
Participants
General
18 February - 24 February
25 February - 3 March
4 March - 10 March
11 March - 17 March
18 March - 24 March
25 March - 31 March
1 April - 7 April
8 April - 14 April
15 April - 21 April
22 April - 28 April
Soil and its properties - Classification
Unit 3- Soil and its properties
Soil and its properties
Classification of Soil
The purpose of soil classification is to arrange various types of soils into groups according to their engineering or agricultural properties and various other characteristics. For general engineering purposes, soil may be classified by the following system.
Classification of Soil
The purpose of soil classification is to arrange various types of soils into groups according to their engineering or agricultural properties and various other characteristics. For general engineering purposes, soil may be classified by the following system.
- Particle size classification.
- Textural classification
- Highway research board classification
- Unified soil classification and I.S.classification system
Last modified: Monday, 25 April 2011, 5:43 AM