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The document provides an overview and instructions for two assignments related to geotechnical engineering. It discusses defining soils and their formation, different types of soils, the importance of soils in civil engineering, and field applications of geotechnical engineering. It also covers physical properties of soils like density, void ratio, porosity, water content and specific gravity. Methods for determining these properties from soil samples are described along with relationships between the different properties. Classification of soils by particle size, texture, unified system and Indian standard system is also outlined.

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Assignment 1 & 2

The document provides an overview and instructions for two assignments related to geotechnical engineering. It discusses defining soils and their formation, different types of soils, the importance of soils in civil engineering, and field applications of geotechnical engineering. It also covers physical properties of soils like density, void ratio, porosity, water content and specific gravity. Methods for determining these properties from soil samples are described along with relationships between the different properties. Classification of soils by particle size, texture, unified system and Indian standard system is also outlined.

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ASSIGNMENT 1 – OVERVIEW GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING

1. Define engineering definition of soil and discuss on the formation of soil based on the physical disintegration
and chemical decomposition of rocks.
2. Write short notes on the following types of soil
a) Residual soil
b) Transported soil
c) Alluvial soil
d) Lacustrine soil
e) Marine soil
f) Aeoline soil
g) Glacial deposits
h) Colluvial soil
i) Organic soil examples
j) Inorganic soil with examples
3. Discuss on the importance of soil in civil engineering as engineering materials and as foundation bed for
structures.
4. Explain the field application of geotechnical engineering.
ASSIGNMENT 2 – PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF SOIL
1. Explain the three phase diagram and two phase diagram of soil with figures.
2. Write short notes on:
Water content (w), void ratio(e), porosity(n), degree of saturation(S), density index, air content, % of air voids,
Bulk unit weight of soil( , dry unit weight of soil( , saturated unit weight of soil( , submerged unit
weight of soil , specific gravity of soil (Gs)
3. Prove the following relationships

4. A sample of wet silty clay soil has a mass of 126 kg. The following data were obtained from laboratory tests on
the sample: Wet density = 2.1 g/cm3, Gs = 2.7, water content, w =15%. Determine (i) dry density, γd (ii)
porosity, n (iii) void ratio, e and (iv) degree of saturation (S).
5. Earth is required to be excavated from borrow pits for building an embankment. The wet unit weight of
undisturbed soil is 1 8 kN/m3 and its water content is 8%. In order to build a 4 m high embankment with top
width 2 m and side slopes 1:1, estimate the quantity of earth required to be excavated per meter length of
embankment. The dry unit weight required in the embankment is 15 kN/m3 with a moisture content of 10%.
Assume the specific gravity of solids as 2.67. Also, determine the void ratios and the degree of saturation of the
soil in both the undisturbed and remolded states. [Ans: 21.55m3, 0.56, 36.9% 0.75, 35.6%]
6. The moisture content of an undisturbed sample of clay belonging to a volcanic region is 265% under 100%
saturation. The specific gravity of the solids is 2.5. The dry unit weight is 21 Ib/ft3. Determine (i) the saturated
unit weight, (ii) the submerged unit weight, and (iii) void ratio. [ans: 76.65 lb/ft, 14.25 lb/ft3, 6.59]
7. A sample of saturated clay from a consolidometer test has a total weight of 3.36 Lb and a dry weight of 2.32 Ib:
the specific gravity of the solid particles is 2.7. For this sample, determine the water content, void ratio,
porosity and total unit weight. [ans: 45%, 1.215, 54.8%, 110.3 lb/ft3]
8. A sample of silty clay has a volume of 14.88cm3, a total mass of 28.81 g, a dry mass of 24.83 g, and a specific
gravity of solids 2.7. Determine the void ratio and the degree of saturation. [ans: 0.618, 70%]
9. A soil sample in its natural state has a weight of 5.05 lb and a volume of 0.041 ft3. In an oven-dried state, the
dry weight of the sample is 4.49 lb. The specific gravity of the solids is 2.68. Determine the total unit weight,
water content, void ratio, porosity, and degree of saturation. [ans: 123.2 lb/ft3, 12.5%, 0.53, 34.64%, 63.2%]
10. A soil sample has a total unit weight of 16.97 kN/m3 and a void ratio of 0.84. The specific gravity of solids is
2.70. Determine the moisture content, dry unit weight and degree of saturation of the sample. [ans: 18%, 14.4
kn/m3,58%]
11. A soil sample in its natural state has, when fully saturated, a water content of 32.5%. Determine the void ratio,
dry and total unit weights. Calculate the total weight of water required to saturate a soil mass of volume 10 m3.
Assume Gs = 2.69.[ans: 45.8 kn]
12. Define grain size distribution curve. Discuss on the shapes of the curve of the well graded soil, gap graded soil
and uniformly graded or poorly graded soil.

13. What do you mean by consistency of soil and Atterberg limits. Explain the different stages of soil with figure
14. Write short notes on: coefficient of curvature, coefficient of uniformity, effective diameter
15. Write down the laboratory preparation methods of the following index properties of soil (includes: objective of
the test, apparatus required, theory, procedure, observation, calculation, results}
a) Water content (By oven drying method)
b) Specific gravity (Pycnometer Method)
c) Bulk unit weight of soil (Core cutter method)
d) Bulk unit weight of soil (Sand replacement method)
e) Liquid Limit (Casagrande Method)
f) Plastic Limit
g) Shrinkage Limit
16. Classify the soil in terms of following method
a) Partical size classification (IS Method)
b) Textural Classification of Soil
c) Unified soil classification System
d) Indian Standard Classification System (IS 1498 -1970)

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