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You excavate 130,000 BCY. The shrinkage is 14%. After the soil is compacted into a fill, what will the compacted volume be?

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Author:Braja M. Das, Nagaratnam Sivakugan

Publisher:Braja M. Das, Nagaratnam Sivakugan

Chapter2: Geotechnical Properties Of Soil

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