LYCEUM OF THE PHILIPPINES UNIVERSITY-LAGUNA

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND COMPUTER STUDIES

Geotechnical Engineering
Quiz 1
General Instructions:
1. Read and answer the following questions below.
2. Attach a scanned copy of your answer.
3. Box your final answers.
4. Use bond paper

PROBLEMS:
1. A 2-m-high sandy fill material was placed loosely at a relative density
of 47%. Laboratory studies indicated that the maximum and minimum
void ratios of the fill material are 0.92 and 0.5, respectively.
Construction specifications required that the fill be compacted to a
relative density of 80%. If Gs=2.65, determine:
a. Dry unit weight of the fill before and after compaction
b. Final height of the fill after compaction

2. In a construction project, the field moist unit weight was 18.08 kN/m3
at a moisture content of 8%. If maximum and minimum dry unit weight
determined in the laboratory were 16.93 kN/m3 and 14.46 kN/m3,
respectively, what was the field relative density?

3. The moist density of a soil is 1750 kg/m3. Given 23% and Gs 2.73,
determine the mass of water to be added to reach full saturation.