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Problem Set #1
Problem Set #1
08 kN. The
specific gravity of the soil is 2.70. Determine the water content in % of the original soil sample.
2. A soil has known water content of 18% and specific gravity of 2.68. Determine the degree of saturation
if it has a moist unit weight of 17.30 kN/m3.
3. A sample of uniform sand has a porosity of 43% and a water content of 12%. From the laboratory test,
emax=0.85 and emin=0.55. Assume Gs=2.65. Compute the value of density index.
4. The following data were obtained from a field density test on a compacted fill of sandy clay. Laboratory
moisture density test on the fill material indicated a maximum dry density of 120 pcf at optimum water
content of 11 percent.
6. A sand layer of the cross-sectional area shown in the figure has been determined to exist for a 450 m
length of levee. The coefficient of permeability of the sand is 3 meters per day. k=0.03 m/min
6.2 Compute the quantity of water which flows into the ditch in
liters/sec.
6.3 Compute the seepage velocity if the porosity of the sand is 0.22.
7. In a laboratory, a constant head permeability test was conducted on a brown sand with the trace of
mica. The following data were obtained, quantity of water discharged during the test = 250 cm 3, length of
specimen between manometer outlets = 11.43 cm. Time required for given quantity of water to be
discharged = 65 sec. Head difference between manometer levels = 5.5 cm. Diameter of specimen = 10.16
cm.
7.1 Compute the coefficient of permeability in cm/sec.
7.3 If the viscosity of water is 0.0684x10-4 g-sec/cm2, compute for the absolute permeability in
cm2.
8. From the results of sieve analysis shown on the table. (Add graph)
9. For a falling head permeability test, the following data were recorded.
The test was conducted at a temp. of 20֯ C with a unit weight of water equal to 9.789 kN/m 3 and the
viscosity of water at 20 ֯C is 1.005x10-3 N.s/m2.
10. A masonry dam having a sheet piling cut off at the upstream end is
located at a reservoir site. Compute the seepage through the foundation
using the flow net for the subsurface flow as shown: Assume coefficient of
permeability equal to 0.003 m/min.