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A sample of dry soil is uniformly mixed with 16% by mass of water and compacted in a cylindrical mould. The volume of wet soil is 1 x 10^-3 m^3 and its mass 1.60kg. If the specific gravity ...

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Find the mass of this wet mixture which will be required to produce by static compaction

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A sample of soil is prepared by mixing a quantity of dry soil(specific gravity of particles 2.7) with 10.5% by weight of water. Find the mass of this wet mixture which will be required to produce by static ...

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A sample of clay soil of volume 1 x 10^-3 m^3 and mass 1.762kg, after being dried out in an oven had a mass of 1.368kg. The specific gravity of the particles was 2.69. Find, for the sample ...

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Calculate the water content, the wet density and the dry density of the soil

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In order to determine the density of a clay soil, an undisturbed sample was taken in a sampling tube whose volume was 1.6 x 10^-3 m^3. The following data were obtained: Mass of tube(empty) ...

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Define the terms water content, porosity and void ratio as applied to soil. Derive the relationship between the porosity and the void ratio. In a test on a soil sample, the following result were ...

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What are the formulae of the following?

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Express (a) The bulk density (b) The saturated density (c) The dry density (d) The submerged density, of a ...

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Derive an expression for the bulk density of the partially saturated soil in terms of the specific gravity of the particles Gs, the void ratio e, the degree of saturation Sr and the density of water.

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In a sample of clay the void ratio is 0.73 and the specific gravity of the particles is 2.7. If the voids are 92 per cent saturated, find the bulk density, the dry density and the percentage water ...

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Determine the dry density and the void ratio of the soil, and the specific gravity of the particles. What would be the bulk density of this soil with the same void ratio, but only 90 per cent saturated?

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A sample of soil has a water content of 27 per cent and a bulk density of 1.97 Mg/m^3. Determine the dry density and the void ratio of the soil, and the specific gravity of the particles. What ...

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Calculate the wet and dry densities of the soil.

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Describe the sand replacement method of determining the in-situ density of the soil. The following results were obtained from the test: Mass of soil extracted from hole ...

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A moist sample of soil in a bottle had a mass of 25.24g and the bottle, when empty, has a mass of 14.2g. After drying in an oven for 24hrs, the bottle and soil sample had a mass of 21.62g. Find the water content of the soil.

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