Grading of coarse aggregate Apparatus and materials 1. I.S. sieve of size 40mm, 20mm, 12.5mm, 10mm, 4.75mm, 2.36mm. 2. Coarse aggregate 3. Vibrator Procedure 1. 5 kg of coarse aggregates, arranged the set of IS sieves in order with the sieve size increasing to the top, and with pan at the bottom. 2. Before the sieves analysis was performed the Aggregate sample has to be air dried in order to avoid lumps of fine particles and to prevent clogging of finer sieves. 3. Sieving could be done either manually or mechanically. 4. In the manual operation the sieve was shaken giving movements in all possible directions to give chance to all particles for passing. 5. ...