7 Undisturbed soil sample was collected from the field in steel Shelby tubes for Iaboratory evaluation. The tube sample has a diameter of 71 mm, length of 558 mm, and a moist weight of 42.5 x 10- kN. If the oven-dried weight was 37.85 x 10-3 kN, and G, = 2.69, calculate the following: a. Moist unit weight b. Field moisture content c. Dry unit weight d. Void ratio e. Degree of saturation

7 Undisturbed soil sample was collected from the field in steel Shelby tubes for Iaboratory evaluation. The tube sample has a diameter of 71 mm, length of 558 mm, and a moist weight of 42.5 x 10- kN. If the oven-dried weight was 37.85 x 10-3 kN, and G, = 2.69, calculate the following: a. Moist unit weight b. Field moisture content c. Dry unit weight d. Void ratio e. Degree of saturation

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