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Author: Braja M. Das, Khaled Sobhan
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Calculate the weight and volume of the soil quantities.
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Situation 3:
The total volume of a soil specimen is 80,000 mm 3 and it weighs 150 grams. The dry weight of the specimen is 130 grams and the density of the soil solids is 2680 Kg/m3 . Find the following:
a. The water content
b. Void Ratio
c. Porosity
d. Degree of saturation
e. Saturated unit weight
f. Dry unit weight
. The moist weight of 5.66 x 103 m³ of soil is 102.3 x 103 kN. The moisture content and the specific
gravity of the soil solids are determined in the laboratory to be 11% and 2.7, respectively. Calculate
the following
a. Moist Unit weight (kN/m³)
b. Dry unit weight (kN/m³)
c. Void ratio
d. Porosity
e. Degree of saturation (%)
f. Volume occupied by water (m³)
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Bundle: Principles Of Geotechnical Engineering, Loose-leaf Version, 9th + Mindtap Engineering, 1 Term (6 Months) Printed Access Card
Ch. 3 - Prob. 3.1PCh. 3 - Prob. 3.2PCh. 3 - Prob. 3.3PCh. 3 - Prob. 3.4PCh. 3 - Prob. 3.5PCh. 3 - Prob. 3.6PCh. 3 - Prob. 3.7PCh. 3 - Prob. 3.8PCh. 3 - Prob. 3.9PCh. 3 - Prob. 3.10P
Ch. 3 - Prob. 3.11PCh. 3 - Prob. 3.12PCh. 3 - Prob. 3.13PCh. 3 - Prob. 3.14PCh. 3 - Prob. 3.15PCh. 3 - Prob. 3.16PCh. 3 - Prob. 3.17PCh. 3 - Prob. 3.18PCh. 3 - Prob. 3.19PCh. 3 - Prob. 3.20PCh. 3 - Prob. 3.21PCh. 3 - Prob. 3.22PCh. 3 - Prob. 3.23PCh. 3 - Prob. 3.24PCh. 3 - For a given sandy soil, emax = 0.75 and emin =...Ch. 3 - For a given sandy soil, the maximum and minimum...Ch. 3 - Prob. 3.27PCh. 3 - Prob. 3.28PCh. 3 - Prob. 3.29PCh. 3 - Prob. 3.1CTPCh. 3 - Prob. 3.2CTPCh. 3 - Prob. 3.3CTP
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