A gravity earth dam 2 m width across the topand a height of 4.5m is to be constructed withside slopes of 1H:1V. The dam must satisfy thefollowing requirements: Degree of saturation of20% and Bulk unit weight of 19.731 kN/m³. Earthfill is available at a borrow site, and the followingdata has been recorded in the site: Bulk unitweight of 15.144 kN/m³, moisture content of 7%,free swell of 30% and cost of P285/m3. Assumethe specific gravity of the soil solids is 2.68.SHOW COMPLETE SOLUTION UPVOTEGUARANTEEDa. What is the effective unit weight of the gravitydam?b. How much is the cost of the fill per meterlength of the dam?c. Determine the volume of water to beadded/evaporated per meter length of the damto achieve moisture content of 5%?

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A gravity earth dam 2 m width across the top and a height of 4.5m is to be constructed with side slopes of 1H:1V. The dam must satisfy the following requirements: Degree of saturation of 20% and Bulk unit weight of 19.731 kN/m³. Earth fill is available at a borrow site, and the following data has been recorded in the site: Bulk unit weight of 15.144 kN/m3, moisture content of 7%, free swell of 30% and cost of P285/m3. Assume the specific gravity of the soil solids is 2.68. SHOW COMPLETE SOLUTION UPVOTE GUARANTEED a. What is the effective unit weight of the gravity dam? b. How much is the cost of the fill per meter length of the dam? c. Determine the volume of water to be added/evaporated per meter length of the dam to achieve moisture content of 5%?

A gravity earth dam 2 m width across the top and a height of 4.5m is to be constructed with side slopes of 1H:1V. The dam must satisfy the following requirements: Degree of saturation of 20% and Bulk unit weight of 19.731 kN/m³. Earth fill is available at a borrow site, and the following data has been recorded in the site: Bulk unit weight of 15.144 kN/m3, moisture content of 7%, free swell of 30% and cost of P285/m3. Assume the specific gravity of the soil solids is 2.68. SHOW COMPLETE SOLUTION UPVOTE GUARANTEED a. What is the effective unit weight of the gravity dam? b. How much is the cost of the fill per meter length of the dam? c. Determine the volume of water to be added/evaporated per meter length of the dam to achieve moisture content of 5%?

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