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Explanation of Solution
Given information:
The specific gravity of the loessial soil is
The liquid limit of the soil is
The dry density of the soil is
Calculation:
Refer to the Equation (11.5) in the textbook.
Consider the density of water is
Consider the liquid limit of 10.
Find the natural dry unit weight
Substitute
Tabulate the remaining calculated values as in Table 1.
LL | |
10 | 133.434 |
15 | 120.545 |
20 | 109.927 |
25 | 101.029 |
30 | 93.4626 |
35 | 86.9508 |
40 | 81.2874 |
Table 1
Draw the graph between liquid limit versus the natural dry unit weight as in Figure 1.
Mark the liquid limit of 24 corresponding to the dry unit weight of
Thus, collapse will occur.
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