The weight of a soil and its container is 8N. After oven-drying, the weight reduced to 6.8N. If weight of the container is IN and the volume of the soil is 402.2 cm³, determine the: a. water content b. void ratio c. bulk unit weight (kN/m³) d. saturated unit weight (kN/m³) e. effective unit weight (kN/m³) f. dry unit weight (kN/m³) g. percentage air voids h. degree of saturation

The weight of a soil and its container is 8N. After oven-drying, the weight reduced to 6.8N. If weight of the container is IN and the volume of the soil is 402.2 cm³, determine the: a. water content b. void ratio c. bulk unit weight (kN/m³) d. saturated unit weight (kN/m³) e. effective unit weight (kN/m³) f. dry unit weight (kN/m³) g. percentage air voids h. degree of saturation

Structural Analysis

6th Edition

ISBN:9781337630931

Author:KASSIMALI, Aslam.

Publisher:KASSIMALI, Aslam.

Chapter2: Loads On Structures

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 1P

See similar textbooks

Similar questions

A soils specimen has a total volume of 95000 mm3 and its mass is 175 g. The dry mass of the specimen is 167 g, and the density of the soil solids is 2.70 Mg/m3. Find: water content, void ratio, porosity, degree of saturation, wet density, dry density. Give the wet and dry density in both SI and British units.
11. The range of water content between the liquid and plastic limits is termed as: A. liquid limit B. plasticity index C. plastic limit D. shrinkage limit 12. A container of volume 3.25 x 10-3 m³ weighs 10.8 N. Dry sand was poured to fill the container. The container and the sand weigh 62.5 N. Calculate the porosity of the sand. Assume Gs = 2.72. A. 67.74% C. 43.56% B. 40.38% 0 mod D. 54.25%
Question 2 A soil has a water content of 25 %, a void ratio of 0.7, and a specific gravity of solids of 2.7. (a) On the phase diagram shown below, choose the total volume to be equal to one, and fill up all other quantities. Use Kg for mass and m³ for volume. Volume (m³) V₁ Vy Vw Vs AIR WATER SOLIDS Phase Diagram Mass (Kg) Mw X Ms (b) Use the phase diagram to calculate the following quantities. (i) total density (ii) dry density (iii) degree of saturation (iv) saturated density (assume no volume change) M₁
Soil placed on a can has been weighed before and after an oven-drying procedure. The procedure yields as follows: mass of the soil + can before placing in the oven = 82.3g mass of soil + can after placing in the oven = 74g mass of the can = 32.5g If the specific gravity of soil is 2.86, and the void ratio is 0.528, what will be the moist unit weight (in kN/m^3) of the soil?
Compute the water content, void ratio, total unit weight, and dry unit weight. Weight of saturated soil in a water content container = 60g Weight after dried in air = 50g Gs = 2.7 Volume Weight Air Wa Vy Vw watci ww V. Vs solids Ws Phase diagram
1- For a soil, suppose that Dio = 0.08 mm, D3o = 0.22 mm, and Dso = 0.41 mm. Calculate the uniformity coefficient and the coefficient of gradation. 2- The following are the results of a sieve analysis: U.S. sieve no. Mass of soil retained (g) 4 10 18.5 20 53.2 40 90.5 60 81.8 100 92.2 200 58.5 Pan 26.5 a. Determine the percent finer than each sieve and plot a grain-size distribution curve. b. Determine Dio, D30, and D6o from the grain-size distribution curve. c. Calculate the uniformity coefficient, Cu. d. Calculate the coefficient of gradation, Cc.
Question 31 Soil placed on a can has been weighed before and after an oven-drying procedure. The procedure yields the following results: Mass of soil + can before placing in the oven 80.9 g. Mass of soil + can after placing in the oven 74.1 g. Mass of can 30.9 g. If the specific gravity of the soil is 2.64, and the void ratio is 0.573, what will be the moist unit weight (kN/m3) of the soil? Round off to two decimal places.
16. A sample of soil in natural state having a volume of 0.00934 m³ weighs 18.11 kg. The sample is allowed to dry in an oven and the weight was reduced to 15.68 kg. The specific gravity of the solid was found to be 2.67. a. What is the moist unit weight of the soil? b. What is the dry unit weight of the soil? c. What is the porosity?
1. An air dry (not oven dry) processed clay powder sample has the following measurements: - Mass of soil + tare (g) = 94.18 - Mass of oven dry soil + tare (g) = 93.50 - Mass of tare (g) = 30.18 - Volume of tare (cm³) = 139.17 Density of solids (kg/m³) = 2700 Determine: (a) water content, (b) total density, (c) total unit weight, (d) (oven) dry density, (e) (oven) dry unit weight, (f) void ratio, and (g) degree of saturation.
2. The moist weight of 5.56 × 10-3 m³ of a soil is 120.3 × 10-³ kN. The moisture content and the specific gravity of the soil solids are determined in the laboratory to be 10 % and 2.6, respectively. Calculate the following: a. Moist unit weight. (Enter your answer to three significant figures.) |kN/m³ b. Dry unit weight. (Enter your answer to three significant figures.) |kN/m³ c. Void ratio. (Enter your answer to three significant figures.) e = d. Porosity. (Enter your answer to three significant figures.) n = e. Degree of saturation. (Enter your answer to three significant figures.) S = |% f. Volume occupied by water. (Enter your answer to three significant figures.) Vu = dm³
The mass of a wet sample of soil and its container is 0.33 kg. The dry mass of the soil and its container is 0.29 kg. The mass of the container is 0.06 kg and its volume is 0.15 x 10-3 m3. Determine the bulk, dry and saturated unit weights of the soil. Determine the void ratio and degree of saturation. Determine the amount of air void in the soil and the water of water required to saturate 1 m3 of the soil.
A saturated soil sample has a volume of 23 cm3 at liquid limit. The shrinkage limit and liquid limit are 18% and 45%, respectively. The specific gravity of the soil solids is 2.73. Determine the following: a. Mass of the soil solids, g b. Volume of air, cm3 c. Volume at plastic limit, cm3