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PROPERTIES OF SOIL B) Mots che veg Tee PROBLEM |. 8 SPECIMEN OF MOIST CLAY HAS A MASS Of 183.4 on, GRAMS ATTER OVEN DRYING. THE MASS REDUCED TO, 1627 CRAMS. Pew SHE Po WAT 1S THE MOISTURE CONTENT OF THE SAMPLE? tee ewer ‘eOLUTION: pres SHO ow Rin = 18849 Me * He peat + Maat + Og re Wan 2 Me 1187 on eee MC + Mey, = 88.4 = 159.9 sre gieses Gueceaenine: pon yes re ie + 01s en Lea re. 2 tese 20 2G 2 ties (cate [esau PROBLEM 2... SAMPLE OF SATURNTED solL WEICHS coon AND [ere] HAS A-vouUtit oF C.031 mle THE VOIDS RATIO’ OF THE SOIL Te 0, DETERMINE THE SPECIFIC CRAVITY OF THE. SOLIDS cwen Mean St Sey 581 Weoy © coo 8 Tre APS oo3t mt coe 9004.84 + £4076 (qe10 NY tare se PROBLEM 4. A CLAY SAMPLE HAS A UNIT WEIGHT oF 811 KW in® own + AAT MOISTURE CONTENT OF 6: “EATURATED. NIH wea [eens] WATER ITS UNIT WEICHT IS £2.68 klar DETERMINE THE FORO Sity Of THE SOL. Yeas + Wen + £004 CIVEN : ys ZEL RYZ, Vento 22.58 RRs re ug, Yea 28 ky eat 18 368,84 Me #485 ee Seer es Yeat = ceS80ne) 5 Fe) PROBLEM 8. A SAMPLE OF SOTT SATURATED CLAY UEICUS 3r09 ire a AMD HAS Al VOLUME OF 1o0ce. APTER OVEN DRYING, IT HEICHS 2409) CALCULATE. THE FOLLOWING Yee (Lely, Bere eee tee 2) wowstuRE CONTENT IN PERCENT S)EPECIRIC CRAVITY OF SOLIDS Br kn + CCS o.oes) (at ky) © © porosity iN PERCENT Tre te IVER: Meoy = 360.9 coution, crise —o | VS ecoem? Meese ta) Ma + ago-260 + 0408 Me ~ tao aoe Moe ace hm PROBLEM S. THE Moicy WEIGHT OF O12 {A OF A WoIL {6 28Ib TSE MOLSIURE. CONTENT AND THE SPECIFIC CRANITY OF SOIL (OUDS ARE. DETERMINED IN THE LABORATORY TO BE 7. AND Po RecrecTwecy Q\WHAT IC THE MOIEY UIT WeICAT IN tb/ (427, QNMAT 16 THE DRY UNIT WEIGHT IN Te) th ©) DECREE OF SATURATION IN) PERCENT!” GIVEN: Wn #288 vents we aye cea Beer a tee croc abs. PROBLEM ¢. A SAVILE OF prey SAND HAVING AUNT WEIoHT OF GEC Kina. AND A EPECITIC GRAVITY OF £10 16. PLACED IN THE Rea DURING THE RAI THE VOLUME OF THE SAMPLE Re Wais CONSTANT BUT THE Decete OF EATURATION INCREASES TO Ay DETERMINE THE FOLLONING G) THE vows RATIO OF THE SAMPLE IN PeReeNT b)THE UNIT WEIGHT OF THE SAMPLE Arter Bring Ww THE eAtn ei E)THE WATER CONTENT OF THE SAMPLE APTem BEING THe Atos ayer Yan tu leo > 290. C6408 om Tre un) OME = Se + 0410:85) . 9, ¢ 238 Mee a7 PROBLEM 7. TE MOIST UNIT WeicHTs AND OeCREES OF SATURA. TON GF A'SOLL ARE CIVEN IN THE TABLE [¥Ceet) st] ret QOETERMINE THE voID RATIO CE THE soll Int PERCE: S\creciric creaviry on THe. toll SoUds S) POROSITY OF FOIL IN PERCENT ser? O ¥n etsy oe ieee —© a-® cs oie nioe beers + Lag cose) -PEeem FoR voIo RATIO, © Onc, = og - one Laer] Cove, Nema, per GePe , verte Tee “THOR Ne Pe a Se Po PROBLEM 8. A TEST OF THE DENSITY OF soIL IN PLACE HAS | ia-ciru se PeRPoRMED Or DICEING A GMALL HOLE IN THE. Sole, MBICHING Seo mite + ser arec THE ERTRACTED OlL, AND’ MEASURING THE VOLUME. St” THE Tice WoLe THE cole (wolet) HeIeHED ene CRAM | (F THE WOLUME OF THE HOLE WAS (Sic ene" ARTE onviNG. THE CAMPLE HELeHED Naver ve 394 g. OF THE DRIED colL, ROS 9 WAS TOURED INTO A VESSCL sac telare ve Te ‘very' tense SEATE, (CE SOUUME WAL SuagenUENTtY ETE: ‘Ws ge eee Rulueo To BE LiGens THAT GAME O09 WAS THEN viBieA Feb ANO TAMPED TSA NoluMle OF it dm’ = 2 DETEEM I ee ap.ce + ease AE THe RECATWE DENSITY OF THE. SOUL: ae UE Me +590 = 147.cat ce BEN enor = 16.892 = 0.87 TSS. eor Dense : emn Sha No it suit ce! #c4 saace Dr STATE OF COMPACTNESS OF A NATURAL CRAMULAR SoiL thee : ror DENSITY of UNIT WY Des Eman 2 + _9.87- 9.48% inssiT Fa or pa Des Yama = ra Emirs min ORF TOA Me. Ta Leta oy tame = Vitnoe fae SE Tete MON lee Fame In eee 00st : fama Pane» HBA 4 199 1h heer CENEE : fama Pinas PROBLEMA. FIELD DENSITY TEST ON A_COMPACTED FILL OF SANDY CLAY GIVES THE FOLLOWING RESULTS WeICRT OF MOIST SOIL PROM THE HOLE. = loge cRAMS QvERN-DRIED NEICHT SF THE SOIL Foo 4 NOLUME OF TEST HOLE, MOISTURE DENSITY TEST ON THIS SOIL INoIeATED A MAXINUM DEY DENSITY OF WO Per AT AN OPTIMUM MOISTURE STENT OF Ilo WHAT IS THE PERCENT COMPACTION Df THE J. COMPACTION © ORY DENSITY x 100 ORY DENETT MDDS 120 1b + Yanas we BD ¥a + Wd + card tg (AE) © 6.082 Ib v Se ciea a? aa wegen «io -[Rueay. COMPACTION « PROBLEM (0. &° EMBANKMENT TOR_A HIGHWAY 90 OE AND Lim IN COMPACTED THICKNESS tg TO BE CONSTRUCTED PROM A, SANDY SOIL TRUCK BORROW PIT. THE WATER CONTENT OF THE SANDY SOIL IN THE BORROW PIT’ Is) Icj- AND (TS VOID PATIO {S_O.7¢ THE SPECIFICATION REQUIRES THE EMBANKMENT TO Be comenctep To A DRY UNIT WEIGHT OF 16.2 RNa LENGTH OF EMBANKMENT 1 Le km ASSUME C-27. DETERMINE THE NOUME OF BORROW MATERIAL REQUIRED, Ve # aoU.anticte) = C009 Meee SMe BT cae) vee" Base Yeon + NEISE Hg ee Ven CES PROBLEM I. A BUILDING REQUIRES A 10000 FILL AT A VOID RATIO OF 107. MATERIAL POR FART TILL WAS AVAILABLE FROM A DARROW SITE AT Pato PeR CUBIC METER IT WAS FOUND THAT THE AVERAGE VOID RATIO PROM THE SITE 18 B07. ESTIMATE THE TOTAL cost OF itt. a a el os wees 4 ee Pe VE ve ess) wee We eet eve coo sues tome Panny gh Ti = Pa e000 Neo ttgoe m? PROBLEM \2. FOLLOWING ARE THE RESULTS OF A SHRINKACE Litt Feet: INITIAL VOLUME OF SOIL IN SATURATED STATE + 24.¢ ce FINAL VOLUME OF 6OIL IN A DRY STATE.» Ie Ace JNITAL MASS IM GATURATED STATE = 4g FIUAL MASS INA DRY STATE © Golo, A)ORY DENSITY OF THE SOIL IN a/ce voi ATO OF THE

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