Gravel

Soil whose principal fraction has particle size >2.0 mm and ≤63 mm (see EN ISO 14688-1)

 

Classification

Items > Materials > Gravel

 

Available in the following programs

Repute

 

Properties

Property

Type

 

Description

Default value/units

Example/range of values

General

Name

The item's name

Soil 1

any text

Type

The item's type

Gravel

 

Category

The item's sub group

Soil

 

Kind

The item's group

Materials

 

Notes

Free-form notes regarding this item

 

any text

Classification

Class

The soil's class

Gr

Gr, CGr, MGr, FGr, siGr, clGr

State

The soil's state

-

very loose, loose, medium dense, dense, very dense

Strict validation

If checked, enforce narrower range of typical geotechnical properties of the soil.

no

yes/no

Mass/Weight densities

See Cohesionless Soils

Drained strength

See Cohesionless Soils

Drained stiffness

See Cohesionless Soils

Help

Help file

Help file providing further information about this soil

Rex.chm

 

Web site

 

Web site for the program

www.geocentrix.co.uk/help/

 

 

Additional information

 EN ISO 14688-1 defines the sizes of coarse particles within a soil as follows:

Description

Particle size (mm)

Fine gravel

2 - 6.3

Medium gravel

6.3 - 20

Coarse gravel

20 - 63

 

Classification of gravel

Rex/x class

ISO

BSCS

USCS

DIN

Unclassified*

Gr

G

G

G

Coarse

CGr

GW or GPu or GPg

GW or GP

GW or GE or GI

Medium

MGr

Fine

FGr

Silty

siGr

G-M or GM

G?-GM or GM

GU

Clayey*

clGr

G-C or GC

G?-GC or GC

GT

* may have effective cohesion

G? is G, GW or GP.

 

Database of properties for gravel

Parameter

Classification

Minimum

Default

Maximum

Class

State

Extreme

Normal

Normal

Extreme

r d (kg/m3)

All

Unspecified

1200

1400

2050

2200

2500

Very loose

1200

1300

1500

1600

1800

Loose

1300

1400

1650

1800

2000

Medium dense

1400

1500

1850

2000

2200

Dense

1500

1700

2050

2200

2400

Very dense

1700

2000

2250

2400

2500

r s (kg/m3)

All

Unspecified

1500

1800

2200

2300

2500

Very loose

1500

1700

1850

1900

2100

Loose

1700

1800

2000

2100

2200

Medium dense

1800

1900

2100

2200

2300

Dense

1900

2000

2200

2300

2400

Very dense

2000

2200  

2250

2400

2500

f peak (deg)

All

Unspecified

28

35

37

50

60

Very loose

28

32

34

38

40

Loose

30

35

37

40

45

Medium dense

35

40

42

45

50

Dense

40

45

47

50

55

Very dense

45

50

52

55

60

f crit (deg)

All

All

28

35

37

40

45

c'peak (kPa)

Gr

siGr

clGr

All

0

0

0

0

10

Others

All

Not applicable

c'crit (kPa)

Gr

siGr

clGr  

All

0

0

0

0

5

Others

All

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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