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This document contains 39 multi-part soil mechanics problems involving computations of dry unit weight, void ratio, degree of saturation, total stress, effective stress, moisture content, saturated unit weight, porosity, and specific gravity given various parameters such as water content, field weight, particle unit weight, volume, mass, maximum and minimum void ratios, thickness and porosity of soil layers. The problems are solved with equations relating these soil properties under saturated, unsaturated and dry conditions.

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This document contains 39 multi-part soil mechanics problems involving computations of dry unit weight, void ratio, degree of saturation, total stress, effective stress, moisture content, saturated unit weight, porosity, and specific gravity given various parameters such as water content, field weight, particle unit weight, volume, mass, maximum and minimum void ratios, thickness and porosity of soil layers. The problems are solved with equations relating these soil properties under saturated, unsaturated and dry conditions.

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a. Compute the dry unit weight in kN/m3 if the water content is 11%. Ans. 17.32 kN/m3 b.

Compute the void


ratio of the soil sample. Ans. 0.53 c. Compute the relative density of the soil sample. Ans. 64% 27. The
field weight of the soil sample is 1900 kg/m3, and the unit weight of the soil particle is 2600 kg/m3. a.
Compute the dry unit weight if the moisture content is 11.5% Ans. 1704 kg/m3 b. Compute the void ratio
Ans. 0.525 c. Compute the degree of saturation Ans. 56.95% 28. A soil sample has a mass of 1830 g.
taken from the field having a volume of 1x10-3m3. It has a sp.gr. of 2.60 and a water content of 10 %.
Values of emax= 0.62 and emin= 0.43. a. Compute the dry unit weight Ans. 1664 kg/m3 b. Compute the
void ratio Ans. 0.56 c. Compute the relative density Ans. 32% 29. A saturated clay layer has thickness of
6m. with a water content of 24.2% with a sp.gr. of 2.70. a. Compute the total density of the clay layer.
Ans. 19.92 kN/m3 b. Compute the total stress at the bottom. Ans. 119.52 kPa c. Compute the effective
stress at the bottom. Ans. 60.66 kPa 30. The void ratio of a soil is 0.58 and its specific gravity is 2.7. a.
Compute the moisture content Ans. 22.5%

b. Compute the saturated unit weight Ans. 20.37 kN/m3 c. Compute the dry unit weight Ans. 16.76 kN/m3
31. The field weight of the soil sample is 1900 kg/m3, and the unit weight of the soil particle is 2660 kg/m3.
a. Compute the dry unit weight if the moisture content is 11.5% Ans. 1704 kg/m3 b. Compute the void ratio
Ans. 0.561 c. Compute the degree of saturation Ans. 54.53% 32. A soil sample has a mass of 1830 g.
taken from the field having a volume of 1x10-3m3. It has a sp.gr. of 2.60 and a water content of 10 %.
Values of emax= 0.63 and emin= 0.44. a. Compute the dry unit weight Ans. 1664 kg/m3 b. Compute the
void ratio Ans. 0.56 c. Compute the relative density Ans. 36.8% 33. A saturated clay layer has thickness
of 10m. with a water content of 51% and a sp.gr. of 2.72. a. Compute the saturated unit weight of the clay.
Ans. 16.87 kN/m3 b. Compute the total stress at the bottom. Ans. 168.7 kPa c. Compute the effective
stress at the bottom. Ans. 70.6 kPa 34. A dry soil is mixed with 17% by a mass with water and compacted.
Volume of wet soil is 0.001 m3 and has a mass of 1.6 kg. If the specific gravity of soil is 2.70. a. Compute
the dry unit weight of soil. Ans. 13.42 kN/m3 b. Compute the void ratio Ans. 0.97 c. Compute the degree
of saturation Ans. 47.3%

35. A dry soil is mixed with 30% by a mass with water and compacted. Volume of wet soil is 0.00144 m3
and has a mass of 2.5 kg. If the specific gravity of soil is 2.70. a. Compute the dry density. Ans. 13.1
kN/m3 b. Compute the void ratio Ans. 1.02 c. Compute the degree of saturation Ans. 79.4% 36. A
saturated soil sample has the following data: Water content =34% Void ratio = 0.92 a. Sp.gr. of soil Ans.
2.71 b. Effective unit weight Ans. 8.74 kN/m3 c. Moist unit weight Ans. 18.55 kN/m3 37. The net weight of
a soil specimen before drying is 207 gr. and its dried weight after drying in an oven is 163 gr. The volume
of the specimen before drying is 120 cm3. Sp.gr. of soil sample is 2.62. a. Compute the moisture content
of the soil. Ans. 27% b. Compute the void ratio Ans. 0.93 c. Compute the degree of saturation Ans. 76.1%
38. The porosity of the soil is 0.35 and its moist unit weight is 17.5 kN/m3. The sp.gr. of the soil is 2.69. a.
What is the moisture content of the soil. Ans. 2.13% b. Compute the degree of saturation Ans. 10.62% c.
Compute the saturated unit weight of the soil. Ans. 20.58 kN/m3 39. The effective unit weight of soil is
10.29 kN/m3. Void ratio of the soil is 0.62. a. Compute the sp.gr. of the soil.

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