ADAMSON UNIVERSITY

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
CIVIL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

Assignment No. 2 - CE 413C (Geotechnical Engineering 1)

Answer the following questions:

1. Laboratory compaction test results for a clayey silt are given in the following table.

Following are the results of a field unit-weight determination test performed on the
same soil by means of the sand cone method:
• Calibrated dry density of Ottawa sand = 1570 kg/m3
• Calibrated mass of Ottawa sand to fill the cone = 0.545 kg
• Mass of jar + cone + sand (before use) = 7.59 kg
• Mass of jar + cone + sand (after use) = 4.78 kg
• Mass of moist soil from hole = 3.007 kg
• Moisture content of moist soil = 10.2%
Determine:
a. Dry unit weight of compaction in the field
b. Relative compaction in the field

2. The results of the particle-size analysis of a soil are as follows:

• Percent passing the No. 10 sieve = 100
• Percent passing the No. 40 sieve = 80
• Percent passing the No. 200 sieve = 58
The liquid limit and plasticity index of the minus No. 40 fraction of the soil are 30 and 10, respectively.
Classify the soil by the AASHTO system.