a a7 ag For a given soil, show that 1+ Whe Wee For a given soil, show that ra Ya You + Yo For a given soil, show that te M. ‘The moist weight of 283% 107° anf of soil is 555% 10 *kNAnr. If the moisture content is 14% and the specific gravity of soil solids is 2.71, determine the fallowing: a. Moist unit weight b. Dry unit weight . Void mtio dd. Porosity © Degree of saturation f£ Volume occupied by water ‘The moist unit weight of a soil is 19.2 kNim’. Given that G, = 2.69 andw = 98%, determine: a. Void ratio a Dry unit weight ¢. Degree of saturation Refer to Problem 3.5. Determine the weight of water, in KN, to be added per cubic meter (m’) of soil for a. 90% degree of saturation hh 100% degree of saturation Undisturbed soil sample was collected from the field in steel Shelby tubes for evaluation, The tube sample has a diameter of 71 mm, length of 558 mm, and a moist weight of 42.5% 107? KN. If the oven-dried weight was 37.85 X 10°? KN, and G, = 2.69, calculate the following: a Moist unit weight bh Field moisture coment Dry unit weight d@. Void ratio e. Degree of saturation When the moisture content of a sail is 26%, the degree of satumtion is 72%, and the moist unit weight is 16.98 kNAx’. Determine: a. Specific gravity of sail solids bh Void ratio Saturated unit wei; Fora given soil, the following are known: G, = 2.74, moist unit weight, y= 20.6 NA’, and moisture coment, w 6.6%. Determine: a. Dry unit weight hb Void ratio «© Porosity d. Degree of saturation Ve2.10 Refer to Problem 3.9. Determine the weight of water, in KN, to be added per cubic meter (m*) of soil for & 90% degre of saturation bh 100% degree of saturation RAL The moist density of a soil is 1750 kg/m’. Given w = 23% and G, = 2.73, detemnine: a Dry density h Porosity Degree of saturation d. Mass of water, in kg/m’, to be added to reach full saturation. R12 Fora moist si ‘nthe following: V = 7.08 X 10° m’; W = 136.8 X 10° KN: w = 98%: G, = 2.66. Detennine: a@ Dry unit weight bh. Void ratio « Volume occupied by water 3.13 Fora given soil, p, = 2180 kg/m’ anda = 0.3. Determine: a. Void ratio b. Specific gravity of soil solids 3.14 The moisture content of a soil sample is 17% and the dry unit weight is 16.51 kNimr. If G, = 2.69, what is the degree of saturation? 3.15 For a given sail, w = 18.2%, G, = 2.67, and S = 80%. Detennine: a. Moist unit weight in KNAn® b. Volume occupied by water 3.16 The degree of saturation of a soil is 59% and the moist unit weight is 16.66 KNAn’. When the moist unit weight increased to 17.92 kN/r, the degre of saturation increased to 82.2%. Determine: a. G, b. Void mitio 3.17 Fora given sandy soil, ¢,,, = 0.75 ande,,. = 0.52.1f G, = 2.67 and D, = 65%, determine: a. Void ratio b. Dry unit weight 3.18 For a given sandy soil the maximum and minimum void mos are 0.72 and 046, respectively. If G, = 268 and w = 11%, what is the moist unit weight of compaction (kN/m’} in the field if D, = 82%? 3.19 In a construction project, the field moist unit weight was 18.08 kN/n? at a moisture content of 8%. If maximum and minimum dry unit weight determined in the laboratory were 16.93 kN/m’ and 14.46 kNén’, respectively, what was the field rel- ative density?41 bi Results from liquid and plastic limit tests conducted on a soil are given below. Liquid limit rests: Number af blows, W Moisture content (48) _ 4 384 3 16 36.5 i » 33.1 E 28 7.0 5 Plastic limit tests: PL = 134% a. Draw the flow curve and obtain the liquid limit. b. What is the plasticity index of the sail? Determine the liquidity index of the soil in Problem 4.1 if wi q,. = 32% Results from liquid and plastic limit tests conducted on a soil are given below. Liquid limit tests: Number af blows, W Moisture content (46) 5 ry 33 i 18 FI 5 29 2 & e Plastic limit tests: PL = 19.1% a. Draw the flow curve and obtain the liquid limit. b. What is the plasticity index of the soil? Determine the liquidity index of the soil im Problem 4.3 if wy 4. = 21% A saturated soil used to determine the shrinkage limit has initial volume V; = 20.2 em, final volume ¥; = 143 cm’, mass of wet soil M; = 34 ¢. and mass of dry sail M; = 24 ¢. Determine the shrinkage lint and the shnnkage ratio. Repeat Problem 4.5 with the following data: V,= 16.2: V,= 108 cm’: M, = 44.6 g. and mass of dry soil, M, = 32.8 g.61 62 63 od Calculate and plot the variation of dry density of a soil in kg/m (G, = 265) at w= §, 10, 15, and 20% for degree of saturation, § = 70, 80, 90, and 100%. Calculate the zero-air void unit weights (kN/nf) for a soil with G, = 2.68 at moisture contents of 5, 10, 15, 20, and 25%. ‘The results of a standard Proctor test are given in the following table. a. Detemmine the maximum dry unit weight of compaction and the optimum moisture content. Given: mold volume =943.3 cm’, bh. Detemine the void ratio and the degree of saturation at the optimum moisture content. Given: G, = 2.68. Trial no. — Weight of moist soil in the mold (kg) Moisture content (49) 1 1.78 50 2 1.87 aS 3 1.95 100 = 4 1.98 123 z 3 2.02 15 i 6 197 175 : 7 1.90 200 i Repeat Problem 6.3 with the following data (use G, = 2.7): Trial no, — Weight of moist soil in the mold (kg) Moisture content (49) 1 1.68 99 2 17 106 3 177 121 4 1.83 BS z 5 1.86 151 e 6 1.88 174 t 7 1.87 194 z 8 1.88 22 s ‘The results of a standard Proctor test are given in the following table. a. Determine the maximum dry density (kg/m?) of compaction and the optimum moisture content. Given mold volume = 943.3 em’. hb If specification calls for 97% relative compaction in the field, what would be the field dry density and the range of acceptable moisture content? Trial no, Mass of moist soil inthe mold (kg) Moisture: content (4) i 147 100 2 1.83 125 = 3 202 180 F 4 1.95 175 t 3 173 200 E 6 1.69 ms iG6 The in situ moist unit weight of a soil is 17.3 kKN/nt and the moisture content is 16%. The specific gravity of soil solids is 2.72. This sail is to be excavated and trams ported to a construction site for use in a compacted fill. If the specification calls for the soil to be compacted to a minimum dry unit weight of 18.1 kN/a at the same moisture content of 16%, how many cubic meters of soil from the exca- vation site are needed to produce 2000 m? of compacted fill’? How many 20 ton truckloads are needed to transport the excavated soil? 6.7 A proposed embankment fill requires S000 nf of compacted soil. The vaid ratio of the compacted fill is specified as 0.75. Soil can be transported from one of the four borrow pits as described in the following table. The void ratio, specific gravity of soil solids, and the cost per cubic meter for moving the sail to the proposed can- struction site are provided in the table. a. Detennine the volume of each borrow pit soil required to meet the specification of the embankment site b. Make necessary calculations to select the borrow pit which would be most cost effective. ‘Borrow pit Void ratio G, Cost (S/n) 1 os 265 Se I 09 268 6 F on Ll 271 7 E wv oss 24 ws 68 The maximum and nimimun dry uait weights of a sand were determined in the laboratory to be 18.9 and 15.5 kN/m’, respectively. What is the relative compaction inthe field if the relative density is 75%? 6.9 The relative compaction of a sand in the field is 93.5%. Given that Yyou., = 16.98 KNia and Yai = 14.46 kN, determine the dry unit weight in the field and the relative density of compaction, 6.10 The relative compaction of a sand in the field is 88%. The maximum and minimum dry unit weights of the sand are 18.55 kNAv? and 15.41 kNAn* respectively. Determine: a. Dry unit weight in the field b. Relative density of compaction e. Moist unit weight at a moisture content af 13%6.11 Following are the results of a field umt weight determination test performed by means of the sand cone method: Calibrated dry density of Ottawa sand = 1731 kg/m? Mass of Ottawa sand to fill the cone = O.118 ke Mass of jar + cone + sand (before use) = 6.08 kz Mass of jar + cone + sand (after use) = 2.86 kg Mass of moist sail from hole = 3.34 ke Moisture content of moist soil = 12.1% Determine: a. Dry density of compaction in the field. b. Relative compaction in the field assuming that the test data in Problem 6.5 represent the sume soil as in the field 6.12 The backfill material for a vibroflotation project has the following grain sizes: * Dy = 018mm * Dy =031mm * Do = 198mm Determine the suitability number, 5,,, and rate it as a backfill material.