PLATE #: 1 (Due date: June 23, 2014)

SHOW THE SOLUYIONS FOR THE FOLLOWING PROBLEMS:

1. In its natural state, a moist soil has a volume of 0.33 ft 3
and weighs 39.93 lb. The oven-dry weight of the soil is 34.54
lb. If Gs = 2.67, calculate the moisture content, moist unit
weight, dry unit weight, void ratio, porosity, and degree of
saturation.
2. The saturated unit weight of a soil is 19.8 kN/m 3.
moisture content of the soil is 17.1%. Determine
following:
a. Dry unit weight
b. Specific gravity of soil solids
c. Void ratio

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3. For a given soil, the following are given: Gs

2.67; moist
3
unit weight, 112 lb/ft ; and moisture content, w
10.8%.
Determine the following:
a. Dry unit weight
b. Void ratio
c. Porosity
d. Degree of saturation
Also determine the weight of water, in pounds, to be added
per cubic foot of soil for: (e) 80% degree of saturation, and
(f) 100% degree of saturation.
4. The porosity of a soil is 0.35. Given Gs = 2.69, calculate:
a. Saturated unit weight (kN/m3)
b. Moisture content when the moist unit weight 17.5 kN/m3.
5. The moist unit weights and degrees of saturation of a soil
are given in the table.
(Lb/ft3)
105.73
112.67

S (%)
50
75

Determine:
a. The void ratio
b. The specific gravity
6. For a given sandy soil, emax = 0.75, emin = 0.46, and Gs = 2.68.
What will be the moist unit weight of compaction (kN/m 3) in
the field if Dr = 78% and w = 9%?

7. A loose, uncompacted sand fill 6 ft in depth has a relative

density of 40%. Laboratory tests indicated that the minimum
and maximum void ratios of the sand are 0.46 and 0.90,
respectively. The specific gravity of solids of the sand is
2.65.
a. What is the dry unit weight of the sand?
b. If the sand is compacted to a relative density of 75%,
what is the decrease in thickness of the 6-ft fill?
8. The laboratory test results of a sand are emax = 0.91, emin =
0.48, and Gs = 2.67. What would be the dry and moist unit
weights of this sand when compacted at a moisture content of
10% to a relative density of 65%?
9. The moist unit weight of a soil is 119.5 lb/ft3. For moisture
content of 12% and Gs = 2.65, calculate:
a. Void ratio
b. Porosity
c. Degree of saturation
d. Dry unit weight
10. A saturated soil specimen has moisture content of 36% and
dry unit weight of 85.43 lb/ft3. Determine:
a. Void ratio
b. Porosity
c. Specific gravity of soil solids
d. Saturated unit weight (in lb/ft3)