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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 10, 2024
Applicant:
Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C04B 28/04 (2006.01); C04B 14/36 (2006.01); E04B 2/18 (2006.01); E04C 1/00 (2006.01); G01N 1/04 (2006.01); G01N 3/08 (2006.01); G01N 3/20 (2006.01); G01N 33/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 1/04 (2013.01); C04B 14/361 (2013.01); C04B 28/04 (2013.01); E04B 2/18 (2013.01); E04C 1/00 (2013.01); G01N 33/24 (2013.01); G01N 3/08 (2013.01); G01N 3/20 (2013.01); G01N 2203/0003 (2013.01); G01N 2203/0019 (2013.01); G01N 2203/0023 (2013.01); G01N 2203/0067 (2013.01);
Abstract
Provided herein is a method for determining a soil classification comprising: obtaining a soil sample; conducting two or more of the following tests in the field, wherein the tests are selected from wash test, a feel test, a test tube particle graduation, or a jar test, to obtain raw data for each test; and calculating the soil classification from the raw data obtained in the field by applying a previously obtained validation dataset obtained from a training and validation soil classification calculation using known samples. The invention also includes compressed earth blocks made using the present invention.