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7.10. Combine soils 1 and 3 in Table 7.5 in such proportions that the resulting
mixture contains 20 percent 5 mm clay. Draw the particle size accumulation
curve of the mixture.

References and Further Reading

Grim, Ralph E. (1962). Applied Clay Mineralogy. McGraw-Hill, New York.
Koerner, Robert M. (1990). Designing with Geosythetics, 2nd ed. Prentice-Hall, Englewood
Cliffs, N.J.
Mitchell, J. K. (1993). Fundamentals of Soil Behavior, 2nd ed. John Wiley & Sons,
New York.
Sherard, J. L., Dunnigan, L. P., and Talbot, J. R. (1984). (a) ‘‘Basic Properties of Sand and
Gravel Filters,’’ and (b) ‘‘Filters for Silts and Clays.’’ ASCE J. Geotech. Engr. Div.
110(6), 684–718.
Sherard, James L. (1987). ‘‘Lessons from the Teton Dam Failure.’’ Engng. Geol. 24,
239–256. Reprinted in G. A. Leonards, ed., Dam Failures, Elsevier, Amsterdam, 1987.

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