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Tutorial-CVG3109-2016 Fall: Mass (G) 2010 2092 2114 2100 2055 Water Content (%) 12.8 14.5 15.6 16.8 19.2

1. The document provides details on 8 soil mechanics problems involving concepts like compaction, permeability, effective stress, and flow nets. The first problem involves calculating properties of a compacted soil including dry density, void ratio, degree of saturation, and air content. The second problem demonstrates the relationship between degree of saturation and water content. The third problem involves drawing a three-phase diagram and calculating volumes and weights for a soil sample from a modified Proctor compaction test.

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Tutorial-CVG3109-2016 Fall: Mass (G) 2010 2092 2114 2100 2055 Water Content (%) 12.8 14.5 15.6 16.8 19.2

1. The document provides details on 8 soil mechanics problems involving concepts like compaction, permeability, effective stress, and flow nets. The first problem involves calculating properties of a compacted soil including dry density, void ratio, degree of saturation, and air content. The second problem demonstrates the relationship between degree of saturation and water content. The third problem involves drawing a three-phase diagram and calculating volumes and weights for a soil sample from a modified Proctor compaction test.

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Tutorial-CVG3109-2016 Fall

1.

Soil has been compacted in an embankment at a bulk density of 2.15 Mg/m 3 and a water
content of 12%. The value of Gs is 2.65. Calculate the dry density, void ratio, degree of
saturation and air content. Would it be possible to compact the above soil at a water content of
13.5% to a dry density of 2.00 Mg/m3?

2.

Demonstrate that Se=wGs

3.

A Modified Proctor Compaction Test is performed on a sample of silty sand in a 152 mm


diameter mold. The maximum dry unit weight is 19.6 kN/m3 and the optimum water content is
11%. If the specific gravity of solids is 2.65, draw the three-phase diagram of the sample in
the mold and calculate all volumes and weight for that sample. What is the degree of
saturation?

4.

The following results were obtained from a standard compaction test on a soil:
Mass(g)

2010

2092

2114

2100

2055

Water content(%)

12.8

14.5

15.6

16.8

19.2

The value of Gs is 2.67. Plot the dry densitywater content curve and give the optimum water
content and maximum dry density. Plot also the curves of zero, 5 and 10% air content and
give the value of air content at maximum dry density. The volume of the mould is 1000 cm3.
5.

A soil has a porosity of 40%. The soil is saturated and water flows through the soil. Calculate
the ratio between the discharge velocity v and the seepage velocity vs.

6.

The section through part of a cofferdam is shown in Fig. 1, the coefficient of permeability of
the soil being 2.0*10-6 m/s. Draw the flow net and determine the quantity of seepage.

1.5 m
A B

Fig. 1

7.

The section through part of a cofferdam is shown in Fig. 1, the saturated unit weight of the
soil being 19.5 kN/m3. Determine the factor of safety against a heave failure in the excavation
(Block ABCD) adjacent to the sheet piling.

8.

Consider the sphere-shaped soil particles shown in Fig. 2. The degree of saturation S is 1, the
porosity n is 0.4, and the ratio between the sum of the contact areas and the total area (Ac/At)
is 0.01. Calculate the following quantities and show the relationship between the total stress
and the effective stress if the water stress is +40 kPa.
a. The average effective normal stress
b. The average normal stress at the contacts
c. The average normal total stress

Fig. 2.

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