Soil Composition

Void Ratio Porosity Degree of saturation Moisture content Unit weight

Problem
For a soil, the following are given: Gs = 2.67, moist unit weight = 17.6kN/m^3, and moisture content of 10.8%. Determine Dry unit weight Void ratio Porosity Degree of saturation

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Problem
For a given soil, the maximum and minimum void ratio of 0.78 and 0.43 respectively. Given that Gs = 2.67, determine the dry unit weight of the soil when the relative density is 65%.

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A saturated soil used to determine the shrinkage limit has initial volume of 20.2cm^3, final volume of 14.3cm^3, mass of wet soil of 34g and mass dry soil of 24g. Determine the shrinkage limit.

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A loose, uncompacted sand fill 1.8m depth has a relative density of 40% laboratory tests indicated that the minimum and maximum void ratios of the sand are 0.46 and 0.90 respectively. Specific gravity of the solids of the sand is 2.65. Find the dry density and the decrease in the thickness of 1.8m fill?

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Following are the results of a field unit weight determination test using the sand cone method.
Dry unit weight of sand = 16.36kN/m^3 Wt. of sand to fill the cone = 11.15N Wt. of jar + cone+ sand (before use) = 58.9N Wt. of jar + cone + sand ( after use) = 27.65N Wt. of moist soil from the hole = 32.55N Moisture content of moist soil = 11.6% Compute the dry unit of soil from the field and unit weight of compaction in the field.

 Following are the results from the liquid and plastic limit test for a soil.
No. of blows moisture content % 16 36.5 20 33.1 28 27 Plastic limit = 12.2% Compute the liquid limit Compute the plasticity index Compute the liquidity index if the in-situ moisture content is 26.5% Compute the consistency index

Problem

Problem
A saturated soil has the following characteristics
Initial volume = 19.65cm^3 Final volume = 13.5cm^3 Mass of wet soil = 36g Mass of dry soil = 25g Determine the shrinkage limit Determine the shrinkage ratio Determine the sp.gr. of the soil

Soil classification
USDA USCS AASHTO

USDA

USCS

AASHTO

AASHTO

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PROBLEM
Given soil having the particle size distribution as follows: 8& sand, 20% gravel, 48% silt and 24% clay. Classify the soil using USDA.

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