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CVE/OCE 483 Shallow Foundations Soil Mechanics Review 1. A sample of saturated clay was obtained from a boring. A portion of the sample was placed in a small container and then placed on a scale and the mass was 25.8 g. The container had a mass of 1 g. The sample was placed in an oven overnight and the following day the sample and container had a mass of 14.2 g. (a) Sketch the phase diagram and fill in all phase quantities, (b) from the results in part a calculate the water content, void ratio, total density, dry density, and total unit weight. Assume that the specific gravity of the solids is 2.7. 2. A grain size distribution curve is shown below (open circles). The fines were found to be non-plastic. (a) Calculate the percent gravel, percent sand, and percent fines. (b) Determine the USCS classification including the group symbol and group name (show all steps in your process). 3. A sample of clay has a natural water content of 78% a plastic limit of 30 and a liquid limit of 76. (a) Calculate the plasticity index (PI) and classify the soil using the USCS including the group symbol and group name. (b) If the soil were disturbed in the field during construction, would the soil behave as a brittle solid, plastic solid, or liquid? Explain. 4. A sandy fill is being compacted in the field that will form a subgrade for a roadway. A modified Proctor test was performed and the results are shown in the figure below. The compaction specification requires that the soil must have a relative compaction of
at least 90% and the water content must be within 2% of the optimum water content. A nuclear density gage measurement of the compacted soil in the field showed that the total density was 1.8 Mg/m 3 and water content was 13%. (a) Calculate the relative compaction, (b) Are all compaction criteria satisfied? Explain. 5. A soil profile at a site consists of a 10-foot thick layer of sand over a thick clay layer. The water table is located at the bottom of the sand layer. The moist unit weight of the sand is 100 pcf and the saturated unit weight of the clay 115 pcf. Calculate the total vertical stress, pore water pressure, and vertical effective stress at a depth of 15 feet below the ground surface. 6. The subsurface conditions at a site consist of a 4-meter thick layer of clay over bedrock. The water table is located at the ground surface. The total (saturated) unit weight of the soil is 15 kN/m 3 . A consolidation test is performed on an undisturbed sample of the clay obtained from the midpoint of the clay layer (i.e., 2 meters below the mudline) and the ‘e-log-p curve’ is shown in the figure below. (a) Using Casagrande’s construction procedure estimate the preconsolidation stress. (b) Assess the stress history of the sample (i.e., normally consolidated or overconsolidated). (c) Determine the compression index and recompression index.
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