2. The moist weight of 5.56 × 10-³ m³ of a soil is 120.3 × 10-³ kN. The moisture content and the specific gravity of the soil solids are determined in the laboratory to be 10 % and 2.6, respectively. Calculate the following: a. Moist unit weight. (Enter your answer to three significant figures.) |kN/m³ b. Dry unit weight. (Enter your answer to three significant figures.) |kN/m³ c. Void ratio. (Enter your answer to three significant figures.) e = d. Porosity. (Enter your answer to three significant figures.) n = e. Degree of saturation. (Enter your answer to three significant figures.) S = % f. Volume occupied by water. (Enter your answer to three significant figures.) dm3

2. The moist weight of 5.56 × 10-³ m³ of a soil is 120.3 × 10-³ kN. The moisture content and the specific gravity of the soil solids are determined in the laboratory to be 10 % and 2.6, respectively. Calculate the following: a. Moist unit weight. (Enter your answer to three significant figures.) |kN/m³ b. Dry unit weight. (Enter your answer to three significant figures.) |kN/m³ c. Void ratio. (Enter your answer to three significant figures.) e = d. Porosity. (Enter your answer to three significant figures.) n = e. Degree of saturation. (Enter your answer to three significant figures.) S = % f. Volume occupied by water. (Enter your answer to three significant figures.) dm3

Structural Analysis

6th Edition

ISBN:9781337630931

Author:KASSIMALI, Aslam.

Publisher:KASSIMALI, Aslam.

Chapter2: Loads On Structures

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