A soil sample taken from a borrow pit has a natural void ratio of 1.15. The soil will be used for a highway project where a total of 100,000 m² of soil is needed in its compacted state; its compacte

Q: 6.6 The in situ moist unit weight of a soil is 17.3 kN/m³ and the moisture content is 16%. The…

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Q: I just need help with parts d and e, thanks!

A: d) Tha maximum dry unit weight=      18.38 KN/m3   Optimum water content= 11.5 % e) Degree of…

Q: For a borrow material, the natural water content is 10%. We know 5500 g of wet soil is used for…

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Q: 19. The following results were obtained from sieve analyses of two soils: Sieve no. Soil A Opening…

A: “Since you have posted a question with multiple sub-parts, we will solve first three sub-parts for…

Q: Question: Natural water content of a borrow material is known to be 8%. Assuming 5,500 g of moist…

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Q: The time required for 50% consolidation of a 25 mm thick clay layer (drained at both top and bottom)…

A: Time, t50 = 1 min  Sample thickness, H = 25 mm or 0.025 m

Q: The sieve analysis of ten soils and the liquid and plastic limits of the fraction passing through…

A: To Determine Classify the soils using the AASHTO classification system and give the group indexes.

Q: The following property is used to investigate the quality of compaction.

A: This question is related to the Soil mechanic from Civil Engineering.In this question ask about the…

Q: QUESTION 1: PHASE RELATIONS a. The bulk unit weight and water content of a soil at a borrow pit are…

A: The objective of the question is to solve three different problems related to phase relations in…

Q: is subjected to dynamic compaction. If a 9 metric ton weight is dropped 5 meters during the…

A: Weight dropped (W) = 9 metric ton  Height of dropped (h) = 5 metre

Q: A cohesive soil is subjected to dynamic compaction. If a 10 metric ton weight is dropped 10 meters…

A: Given data,weight dropped =10metricheight of dropped=10mFINDHow many meters soil feel the effect

Q: Why do we use the dry unit weight as a measure of how compacted a soil is? For a given compactive…

A: Dry unit weight points out to the dry soil’s unit weight. It is the soil solid particles’ weight…

Q: GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING: The Undisturbed soil at a given borrow pit is found to have the following…

A: a) For saturation , S=100%   Given e=0.6 & G=2.7So , w=seG=100x0.62.7       w=22.22 % b)…

Q: ou are in charge of a site in Heme Proctor max dry density of the soil compacted to a relative…

A: Given :  R = 95% γdmax = 1770 kg/m3   Relative compaction =minimum dry densitymaximum dry densityR%…

Pricing Excavation and Backfill

Backfill, in construction, is the activity of returning the soil and gravel that are removed during building construction or using them again to toughen and support the foundation of the building or any other structural component.