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❖Question:
What differences between Intact Rock and Rock Mass???
A- Compressive strength
1- uniaxial compressive strength qu = F / A
2- Schmidt Hammer
Hammer Test
B- Tensile strength
1- Brazilian test
2- Point load test
1-Total Core Recovery (TCR): (TCR) is the ratio of the length of core
recovered to the length of drilled)
2-Discontinuity Frequency (F): is the number of natural discontinuities
intersecting a unit length of recovered core.
3- Rock Quality Designation (RQD)
4 4.75
20 0.850
40 0.425
60 0.250
100 0.150
200 0.075
❖Required
A grain-size distribution curve for this soil sample.
Abazar M. A. Daoud - Faculty of Earth Sciences - RSU
Abazar M. A. Daoud - Faculty of Earth Sciences - RSU
Abazar M. A. Daoud - Faculty of Earth Sciences - RSU
Particle-Size Distribution Curve
✓ A particle-size distribution curve can be used to determine the
following four parameters for a given soil:
1. Effective size (D10): This parameter is the diameter in the particle-
size distribution curve corresponding to 10% finer. The effective size
of a granular soil is a good measure to estimate the hydraulic
conductivity and drainage through soil.
2. Uniformity coefficient (Cu): This parameter is defined as
Cc = 1-3 Well
Graded Soil
Atterberg (1911) mentioned that a fine grained soil can exist in four states based on
its water content, namely liquid, plastic, semi solid, and solid states.
The water content at which the soil changes from one state to the other are know as
Consistency limits or Atterberg limits.
CPTu
✓ Often, to solve earthwork problems, one must know the weight per
unit volume of soil, excluding water. This weight is referred to as the
dry unit weight (γd):
❑ The relationship of unit weight, dry unit weight, and moisture content
can be given as: