· A shrinkage limit test on a clay soil gave the following data: Weight of shrinkage dish and saturated soil = 38.78 g Weight of shrinkage dish and oven dry soil cake = 30.46 g Weight of shrinkage dish = 10.65 g Volume of shrinkage dish 16.29 cm³ Total volume of oven dry soil cake = 10 cm³ Assume that the total volume of the dry soil cake is equal to the total volume of the shrinkage limit. a) What is the water content of the wet soil pat? b) Compute for the shrinkage limit of the soil. c) What is the specific gravity of the soil?

Q: The results from a soil compaction test are shown in the table below. The solid grains of the soil…

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Q: A saturated soil is used to determine the shrinkage limit has an initial volume, V1 = 20.2 cm3,…

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Q: A soil layer with a moisture content of 10 percent and a unit weight of 16.5 KN per cubic meter…

A: Question b) Objective: To determine the dry specific weight of the soil (γd,compaction).   Given:…

Q: The total volume and the total mass of a fully saturated soil specimen are 800 cm3 and 1432.8 g.…

A: Shrinkage limit is the maximum water content at which further reduction of water content does not…

Q: The data of soil specimen are given below; Y(pcf) = 128.9, S% = 48.7 Y(pcf) = 131.4, S% = 78.8 a.…

A: We know Y= (G+Se)(1+e)Yw When Y=128.9, S=48.7% And when Y=131.4, S=78.8%

Q: Results from shrinkage limit test are given below; 1. Initial volume of soil in a saturated state=…

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Crack Detection

Concrete materials are meant for supporting structures, building foundations and they act as several load-bearing structures. Over time, due to environmental conditions, and based on the constituent materials used, concrete materials are subjected to a great degree of distress. Corrosion of the reinforcement bars due to chemical influences, uneven base, earthquake, drying shrinkages, and alkali-aggregate reactions are some of the reasons for concrete distress.