Civil Engineering November 2020 Review Innovations Geotechnical Engineering 2

Compaction Sieve Analysis Problems for Practice:

Situation 1 Situation 3 Situation 5

A proposed embankment fill requires 5000 m3 of A sample of dry coarse-grained material was A proposed earth fill needs 30,000 m3 of soil and
compaction soil. The void ratio of the compacted taken through a layer of sieves and the be compacted to 95% of Standard Proctor dry
fill is specified as 0.70. Three borrow pits are following results were obtained: density. Tests indicate that the max dry density
available as described in the following table. Sieve Openings Mass of soil is 19.4 kN/m3 at an optimum water content of
Borrow Pit Void Ratio Cost/m3 no. (mm) (Retained) 16%. The borrow material in its natural
A 0.85 P830 4 4.76 46.0 grams condition has a unit weight of 17.6 kN/m3 and
B 0.95 P760 10 2.0 165.6 water content of 12%. Determine the following:
C 1.10 P720 20 0.84 92.0 1. Total volume of borrow required
What is the total cost for acquiring soil from: 40 0.42 55.2 2. Volume of void of borrow material if Gs = 2.67
1. Borrow Pit A? 60 0.25 23.0 3. Quantity of water to be added to bring the soil
2. Borrow Pit B? 100 0.149 36.8 to the optimum moisture content.
3. Borrow Pit C? 200 0.074 23.0
Pan 18.4 Situation 6
Field Density Test The following observations were recorded when
Determine the following: sand replacement test was conducted using
Situation 2 1. Effective particle size sand-cone equipment in order to find the
A sand cone test has been performed in a 2. Uniformity coefficient density of natural soil.
compacted fill of soil. The test results were as Density of sand used in the test = 1.4 g/cm3
3. Coefficient of curvature
follows: Weight of soil excavated from the pit = 950
Initial mass of sand cone apparatus w/ sand = Situation 4 grams
5.912 kg Weight of sand filling the pit = 700 grams
The following are the details for the backfill
Final mass of sand cone apparatus w/ sand = material in a vibroflotation project. Water content of natural soil = 15%
2.378 kg D10 = 0.36 mm Specific gravity of solid = 2.70
Mass of soil recovered from hole = 2.833 kg 1. Compute the dry density of soil in g/cm3
D20 = 0.52 mm
Moisture content of soil from hole = 7%
D25 = 0.60 mm
Density of sand =1300 kg/m3
D50 = 1.42 mm
Volume of cone below valve =1.114 x 10-3 m3
Max. dry unit weight =19 kN/ m3 D75 = 1.65 mm
Determine the following: Determine the following:
1. Moist unit weight 1. Suitability number
2. Dry Unit Weight 2. Rating based on the value of suitability
3. Relative compaction number
3. Sorting coefficient
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