WEIGHT-VOLUME RELATIONSHIPS (SOIL PROPERTIES) – E43

P1. A clay sample has a unit weight of 21.1 𝑘𝑁/𝑚3 at P12. A compacted clay weighing 1.62kg weighs 0.88kg
moisture content of 9.8%. When completely saturated when immersed (suspended) in water. Determine the bulk
with water, its unit weight is 22.58 𝑘𝑁/𝑚3 . Determine specific gravity of the clay.
the porosity of the soil.
P13. A 50cc of moist clay was obtained by pressing a
P2. Saturated silty clay encountered a deep excavation is sharpened hollow cylinder into the wall of a test pit. The
found to have a water content of 28%. Determine the unit extruded sample had an initial weight of 85g. After oven-
weight of clay in kN/m3. Assume Gs=2.7. drying, it weighs 60g. If Gs = 2.72, determine the degree
of saturation of the sample.
P3. A hand-carved sample of soft saturated clay weighs
350g and has volume of 200cc. After oven-drying, it P14. A cu.m of soil in its natural state weighs 17.5kN.
weighs 240 grams. Calculate the ff; After oven-drying, the soil weighs 14.2kN. Assume Gs =
2.7.
a) Moisture Content in %
b) Specific Gravity of the Solids a) Calculate the void ratio of the soil.
c) Porosity in % b) Calculate the degree of saturation of the soil.
c) Calculate the saturated density of the soil in
P4. A soil sample was compacted. The result of the kN/m3
standard proctor test shows that at 100% compaction, the
soil weighs 131.1 pcf with optimum moisture content of P15. The dry density of a sand with a porosity of 0.387 is
14%. What is the saturated unit weight of the soil in pcf? 1600kg/m3.
Gs = 2.67.
a) Calculate the void ratio of the soil.
P5. A soil sample has a bulk unit weight of 19.6 kN/m at3 b) Calculate the specific gravity of the soil solids.
a water content of 10%. Assuming Gs = 2.7, determine the c) Calculate the effective density of the soil in kg/m3
percentage air in the voids (air voids).
P16. The void ratio of a soil is 0.85. What is the percenge
P6. The moist weight of 0.2 [Link] of a soil is 23 lb. The error of the bulk unit weight if the soil were 95% saturated
moisture content and the specific gravity of soil solids are and assumed to be totally saturated.
determined in the laboratory to be 11% and 2.7,
P17. A wet soil sample has a volume of 4.85 x 10-4 m3
respectively.
and weighs 8.5 N. After oven drying, the weight reduces
a) What is the moist unit weight in lb/ft3? to 7.5 N. Use Gs = 2.7. Determine the ff:
b) What is the dry unit weight in lb/ft3?
a) Unit weight
c) What is the degree of saturation in percent?
b) Moisture content
P7. A specimen has a porosity of 45%, and the specific c) Degree of saturation
gravity of its solids is 2.71. Compute the specific weight
P18. A sample of moist clay is found to have a moisture
of this soil in the submerged state, in kN/m3.
content of 400% and degree of saturation of 85%. The
P8. The mass of a sample of saturated soil is 520g. The specific gravity of the solids is 2.76. Determine the void
dry mass, after oven drying is 405g. Assuming Gs = 2.7, ratio of the soil.
calculate the effective unit weight of the soil mass in
P19. A sample has a moisture content of 30% and degree
kN/m3.
of saturation of 45%. The solids have specific gravity of
P9. Laboratory tests on a soil sample yielded the 2.61. Determine the Dry Unit Weight of the soil in kN/m3.
following information: Gs = 2.71, Gmoist = 1.72, MC =
P20. The following date was obtained from laboratory
14%. Determine the ff properties:
tests for a cohesive specimen; moisture content was
a) Void Ratio 22.5%; Gs = 2.60; and to determine the approximate unit
b) Degree of Saturation weight, a sample having a mass of 224.0g was placed in a
c) Porosity 500 cm3 container with 382 cm3 water required to fill the
container. Determine the following.
P10. In its natural state, a moist soil has a volume of
9350cc and weighs 18 kg. The oven-dried weight of the a) Total unit weight of the soil sample in kN/m3
soil is 15.54 kg. Use Gs = 2.67. b) Void ratio
c) Dry unit weight of the soil sample in kN/m3
a) Determine the moisture content in %
b) Determine the void ratio in %
c) Determine the degree of saturation in %
P11. A soil sample was compacted. The result of the
standard proctor test shows that at 100% compaction, the
soil weighs 131.1pcf with optimum moisture content of
14%. What is the maximum dry unit weight of the soil (at
zero air voids) in pcf? Gs = 2.67