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Chapter2: Geotechnical Properties Of Soil

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A soil has a dry density of 17.5kN/m3.
It has densities corresponding to most
compact and loosest state as 18.5 kN/
m3 and 13 kN/m3 respectively. The
relative density of the soil is

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