Module 3 Soil Composition Saturated and Submerged Soil

1. The saturated unit weight and the water content in the field are found to be 18.55 kN/m3 and 33%,
respectively. Determine the specific gravity of the soil solids (Gs) and the field void ratio (e).

2. An undisturbed soil sample has a wet density of 2.22 Mg/m3 when the water content is 10 percent. The
specific gravity of the soil particles is 2.69.
(a)Approximate the submerged effective density for this soil.
(b)Determine the submerged effective density using the formula for an exact value.