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Problem Set No. 01

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Instructions: Solve the following problems given below by showing your complete solution.

Make sure to use 4 decimals only in all your solutions and round your answers in two decimals
only. Be sure that your final answer/s are visible and draw a box around it. Also, put some
fragment explanation in each side of your solutions. This activity will be 50 points in total, for
the solutions and answers will be 30 points and 20 points in each explanation on the sides of
solutions. Your solution MUST be hand written in a very net and clean manner. Avoid some
erasures and corrections. In each erasure and correction found in your paper, a total
deduction of 5 points will be incurred. A front page must be present in the submission of this
activity! Reminding that only A4 bond paper will be accepted!
Situation No. 1(6 points) The sample of soil weighing 31.6 kg had a volume of 0.0187 cubic
meters. The sample is allowed to dry in an oven and the weight was reduced to 27.5 kg. The
specific gravity of the solids was found to be 2.65, determine the following:
● Moist unit weight of soil
● Dry unit weight of soil
● Moisture content
● Void ratio
● Porosity
● Degree of saturation
Situation No. 2: (3 points) The soil sample in natural state having a volume of 0.0012 cubic
meters weighs .73 kg. The degree of saturation being 45.60%. After drying in an oven, the
final weight of the sample was 1.44kg.
● Find the specific gravity of solid
● Determine the void ratio
● Compute the critical hydraulic gradient
Situation No. 3: (1 point) A soil sample having a mass of 6.40 kgs and a total volume of
0.0052 cubic meters. It has a moisture content of 24% and specific gravity is 2.66. Compute
the degree of saturation.
Situation No. 4: (2 points) Dry sand is placed in a container having a volume of 0.30 ft3.
The dry weight of a sample is 31 lbs. Water is carefully added to the container so as not to
disturb the condition of the sand. When the container is filed, the combined weight of soil plus
water is 38.20 lbs. From this data compute the void ratio of the soil in the container and
specific gravity of solid soils.
Situation No. 5: (2 points) The moist unit weight and degrees of saturation of a soil are
given in the following table. Determine the following:
(a) Void ratio Specific gravity
(b) Saturated unit weight

Unit weight, (kN/cu.m.) Degree of Saturation (S), %


16.64 50
17.73 75

Situation No. 6: (3 points) A dry sand is placed in a container having a volume of 0.0089
cu.cm. The dry weight of the sample is 0.014 g. Water is carefully added to the container so
as not to disturb the condition of the sand. When the container is filled, the combined weight
of soil plus water is 0.0174 g.
a) Determine the void ratio of the soil in the container.
b) Determine the dry unit weight of the soil sample.
c) Determine the saturated unit weight of the soil sample.
Situation No. 7: (6 points) The undisturbed soil at a borrow pit has a bulk unit weight of
19.1 kN/cu.m and water content of 9.5%. The soil from this borrow will be used to construct a
compacted fill with a finished volume of 42,000 cu.m. The soil is excavated by machinery and
placed in trucks, each with a capacity of 4.50 cu.m. When loaded to the full capacity, each
load of soil weighs 67.5 KN. In the construction process, the trucks dump the soil at the site,
then the soil is spread and broken up. Water is then sprinkled to bring the water content to
15%. Finally, the soil is compacted to a dry unit weight of 17.1 kN/cu.m.
a) Assuming each load is to the full capacity, how many truckloads are required to
construct the fill?
b) What would be the volume of the pit in the borrow area?
c) How many kilonewton of water should be added to a truckload?
Situation No. 8: (1 point) A soil has a water content of 25% and a degree of saturation of
82%. Compute the specific gravity of the soil if it has a dry unit weight of 14.33 kN/cu.m.
Situation No. 9: (3 points) An embankment for a highway 30 m wide and 1.2 m in
compacted thickness is to be constructed from a sandy soil trucked from a borrow pit. The
water content of the sandy soil in the borrow pit is 15% and its void ratio is 0.75. The
specification requires the embankment be compacted to a dry unit weight of 18.2 kN/cu.m.
Length of embankment is 1.5 km. Assume G= 2.7. Determine the volume borrow material
required.
Situation No. 10: (2 points) A building requires a 10,000-m3 fill at a void ratio of 20%.
Material for earth fill was available from a borrow site at P320 per cubic meter. It was found
that the average void ratio from the site is 80%. Estimate the total cost of fill.

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