Responsi 3 Mekanika Tanah I

1. Following are the results of a sieve analysis :

U.S. sieve no. Mass retained on each sieve (g)
4 0
10 40
20 60
40 89
60 140
80 122
100 210
200 56
Pan 12

a. Determine the percent finer than each sieve size and plot a grain size distribution curve
b. Determine D10, D30, D60 from the grain size distribution curve
c. Calculate the uniformity coefficient U
d. Calculate the coefficient of gradation Cc

2. Repeat Problem 1 with the following of a sieve analysis :

U.S. sieve no. Mass retained on each sieve (g)
4 0
10 18,5
20 53,2
40 90,5
60 81,8
100 92,2
200 58,5
Pan 26,5

3. For a given sand, the maximum and minimum void ratios are 0,78 and 0,43 respectively. Given Gs
= 2,67, determine the dry unit weight of the soil when the relative density is 65%.
4. For a given sandy soil, emax = 0,75, emin = 0,46, and Gs = 2,68. What will be the moist unit weight
of compaction (kN/m3) in the field if Dr = 78 % and w = 9 % ?
5. Following are the results from the liquid and plastic limit test for a soil :
Number of blows, N Moisture content (%)
15 42
20 40.8
28 39.1

Plastic limit = 18,7 %

a. Draw the flow curve and obtain the liquid limit
b. What is the plasticity index of the soil