- Title
- A theoretical method for determining sample mass in a sieving test
- Creator
- Zhang, Sheng; Li, Xi; Teng, Jidong; Ma, Xinyan; Sheng, Daichao
- Relation
- Computers and Geotechnics Vol. 91, Issue November 2017, p. 12-16
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compgeo.2017.06.004
- Publisher
- Pergamon Press
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2017
- Description
- Obtaining a representative particle size distribution for soil is a common challenge in earth works and is affected by the size of sieving samples. While the current standards usually specify a minimum sample mass, there is no scientific justification for the specification. Treating the preparation of sieving samples as a process of random sampling, a new method is proposed for determining the minimum mass of a sieving test sample. The proposed method is validated via laboratory tests and will improve standard specification and engineering practice.
- Subject
- particle size distribution; sampling analysis; sieving test
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1354466
- Identifier
- uon:31276
- Identifier
- ISSN:0266-352X
- Language
- eng
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