Pharos University Spring 2020

Faculty of Engineering Highway engineering-ES306

Const. Eng. & Management.
Department

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Question #1

A) What are the compaction purposes?

B) Discuss the effect of increasing compactive effort on clay and sand soils?

Question #2

1) In the field a sand cone test was performed on soil (1) . determine the
maximum dry density and moisture content for this compacted soil if
the results of sand cone test were as follow :
 Weight of sand that fill the hole = 14 Ibs
 Weight of excavated soil = 19 Ibs
 Oven-dry weight of excavated soil = 15 Ibs
 Unit weight of calibrated sand = 92 Pcf
Discuss the relative compaction for this compacted soil