Assignment 1

CT2607 – Geotechnical Engineering

1. How soil formed and Explain the Affecting Factors.

2. Explain the Residual soil and Transported soil.
3. Explain the different types of Soil structures and its types with diagram.
4. What is course-grained skeleton and cohesive matrix structure?
5. Explain the two- phase and three-phase system with diagram.
6. Define the following terminology.
A) Void Ratio
B) Porosity
C) Degree of Saturation
D) Air content
E) Percentage of Air Voids
F) Bulk Density
G) Dry Density
H) Density of Solids
I) Saturated Density
J) Submerged Density
K) Bulk Unite Weight
L) Dry Unite Weight
M) Unite weight od Solids
N) Saturated Unite Weight
O) Submerged Unite Weight
P) Inter Conversion Between Density and Unite Weight
7. Explain the Relation between (a) Void ratio & porosity (b) Bulk Density &
dry Density
8. Explain the Relation between Ws, W, w.
9. Explain the Relation between e, n.
10.Explain the Relation between e, w, G and S.
11.Explain the Relation between ϒ, w, e, G and ϒw.
12.Explain the Relation between ϒsat, G, e and ϒw.
13.Explain the Relation between ϒd, G, e, w and ϒw
14.One cubic meter of wet soil is 18.8 kN. If the specific gravity of soil
particles is 2.7 and water content is 10% find the (a)void ratio (b)dry
density (c)degree of saturation.
15.A soil sample in its natural state has, when partially saturated, a water
content of 16.5% and a void of 0.85. Determine the degree of saturation.
Total unit weight and dry unit weight. What weight is required to make a
mass of 10m3 volume to get saturated? Assume G=2.69.
16.An undisturbed sample of soil has a volume of 100 cm3 and mass of 180
g. On oven drying for 24 hours, the mass is reduced to 150 g. If the specific
gravity of grains is 2.7 (a)determine the water content (b)voids ratio
(c)degree of saturation of the soil.
17.Explain the water Content and Its different Methods.
18.Explain the Density Index.