A 56 cm³ sample of moist soil weights 130.5g. When it is dried out in an oven, it weighs 111.1g. The specific gravity of solids is found to be 3.6. Required: Determine: a. the water content (w), to the nearest tenth. b. wet unit weight of soil ('Y), to the nearest hundredth. c. dry unit weight of soil ('Yd), to the nearest hundredth. d. void ratio (e), to the nearest thousandth. e. porosity (n), to the nearest tenth. f. degree of saturation (S), to the nearest tenth.

A 56 cm³ sample of moist soil weights 130.5g. When it is dried out in an oven, it weighs 111.1g. The specific gravity of solids is found to be 3.6. Required: Determine: a. the water content (w), to the nearest tenth. b. wet unit weight of soil ('Y), to the nearest hundredth. c. dry unit weight of soil ('Yd), to the nearest hundredth. d. void ratio (e), to the nearest thousandth. e. porosity (n), to the nearest tenth. f. degree of saturation (S), to the nearest tenth.

Structural Analysis

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Author:KASSIMALI, Aslam.

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Chapter2: Loads On Structures

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