Question 1(a) Based on your understanding, briefly elaborate the different between residual soil and transported soil.(b) An undisturbed cylindrical soil sample is 0.060 m in diameter and 0.155 m long. It has a total mass of0.82 kg. The specific gravity of the soil is 2.7. After finding the mass of the entire sample, a smallportion was removed and a moisture content test was performed on the sample. The results of thismoisture content test on the subsample were mass of moist soil = 102.96 g and mass of dry soil = 90.71g. Determine the following:Moisture contenti.Wet unit weightVoid ratioii.ii.(c) A series of laboratory compaction test performed using the Standard Proctor Test procedure, themoisture content tests were further performed by taking out small portions of compacted soil and theresult obtained are as shown in Table Q1 (c):Table Q1 (c)Volume of Proctor Mass of compacted Mass wet soil sample (g) Mass dry soil samplemold (m)soil (g)(g)0.000951704183.64174.230.000951829170.36156.300.000951958176.51158.190.000952014167.41145.690.000951963177.61149.13Compute and determine the maximum dry unit weight and optimum moisture content ofthe soil sample.Determine the range of moisture content required in the field to obtain a relativecompaction of at least 95%.Use 2.70 for the specific gravity of the soil. Compute and plot the zero air void curve forthe soil sample.I.II.III.

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(a) Based on your understanding, briefly elaborate the different between residual soil and transported soil. (b) An undisturbed cylindrical soil sample is 0.060 m in diameter and 0.155 m long. It has a total mass of 0.82 kg. The specific gravity of the soil is 2.7. After finding the mass of the entire sample, a small portion was removed and a moisture content test was performed on the sample. The results of this moisture content test on the subsample were mass of moist soil = 102.96 g and mass of dry soil =90.71 g. Determine the following: Moisture content 1. Wet unit weight Void ratio 11.

(a) Based on your understanding, briefly elaborate the different between residual soil and transported soil. (b) An undisturbed cylindrical soil sample is 0.060 m in diameter and 0.155 m long. It has a total mass of 0.82 kg. The specific gravity of the soil is 2.7. After finding the mass of the entire sample, a small portion was removed and a moisture content test was performed on the sample. The results of this moisture content test on the subsample were mass of moist soil = 102.96 g and mass of dry soil =90.71 g. Determine the following: Moisture content 1. Wet unit weight Void ratio 11.

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Chapter5: Soil Compaction

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