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Properties of Soil Related Problems

This document contains 5 soil property problems involving calculations of void ratio, porosity, degree of saturation, moisture content, saturated unit weight, and dry unit weight given information such as specific gravity, water content, bulk unit weight, and volume measurements. The calculations use common soil mechanics formulas involving void ratio, porosity, degree of saturation, moisture content, saturated unit weight, and dry unit weight.

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Properties of Soil Related Problems

This document contains 5 soil property problems involving calculations of void ratio, porosity, degree of saturation, moisture content, saturated unit weight, and dry unit weight given information such as specific gravity, water content, bulk unit weight, and volume measurements. The calculations use common soil mechanics formulas involving void ratio, porosity, degree of saturation, moisture content, saturated unit weight, and dry unit weight.

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γ d= (9.81)
PROPERTIES OF SOIL RELATED 1+ 0.81
PROBLEMS kN
γ d =14.58 3
m
1. PROBLEM: An undisturbed
soil sample in saturated 2. (58) A soil sample has a bulk
condition has a void ratio of unit weight of 19.6 kN/m 3, at
0.81 and sp.gr. of 2.69. Find water content of 10%.
the following: Determine the following if the
a) Water content sp.gr. Gs = 2.7.
b) Saturated unit weight a) Void ratio
c) Dry unit weight b) Percentage air in voids (air
voids)
GIVEN: c) Degree of saturation
s=1 3. (78) A sample of soft
saturated clay has a natural
e=0.81
water content of 43%. The
GS =2.69 specific gravity of the solid
matter is 2.70. Compute the
SOLUTION: following:
a) Void ratio.
a) Water content b) Porosity.
c) Saturated unit weigh
Gs ꞷ
s= 4. (85) A soil sample has a
e
natural water content of
e=G s ꞷ (for saturated soil) 22.5% and it is known to
have a specific gravity of 2.6.
0.81=(2.69)ꞷ In order to determine the
moist density of the soil, a
ꞷ=0.301∨30.1 % portion of soil weighing 224 g
is put in a 500 cm³ container.
b) Saturated unit weight It is filled with 382 cm³ of
water to fill the container.
GS + e
γ sat = γ a) Compute the porosity of
1+e W the soil
2.69+0.81 b) Compute the degree of
γ sat = (9.81)
1+0.81 saturation.
kN c) Compute the bulk sp. gr.
γ sat =18.97 3
m 5. The total weight of soil when
saturated is 1526 g and the
c) Dry unit weight weight of the soil after drying
is 1053 g. If the specific
Gs
γ d= γ gravity of soil is 2.84.
1+ e W
a) Compute the moisture
content
b) Compute the void ratio
c) Compute the porosity

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