İMÜ331 – Soil Mechanics I

PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF SOILS

S O I L C L A S S I F I C AT I O N

SAMPLE QUESTIONS
Ex.1
Solution:
Solution (cont’d):
Ex.2
Ex.3

When the soil is fully saturated, Sr=1 and the equation becomes:
Ex.4

The void ratio is:

The degree of saturation can be found as:

Ex.5
The dry density:

The void ratio:

The degree of saturation:

The air content:

For the maximum dry density (Air content is zero):

It means compaction is not possible!