Earth is required to be excavated from a borrow pit for building an embankment. The wet unit weight of undisturbed soil is 18kN/m3 and its water content is 8%. The dry unit weight required in the compacted embankment is 15kN/m3 with a moisture content of 10%. Assuming the specific gravity of solids as 2.67, determine the void ratios and the degree of saturation of the soil in both the undisturbed and compacted states. Hint: Apply the basic principles of Phase Relationships in Soil Mechanics

Q: (b) The representative soil specimen collected from the embankment field has a bulk density of 17.61…

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Q: Laboratory tests performed on a saturated alluvial subgrade soil gave the following information: In…

A: Given: water content w=11.9% Specific gravity G=2.65 D30=8 mmD60=20 mmD10=4.76 mm

Q: For a 4-m thick sandy soil deposit, laboratory tests indicate that its minimum and maximum void…

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Q: What would be the weight of soil solids in 1 m³ of a dry soil whose void ratio e=1.0? If this soil…

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Q: c. Recall that the natural moisture of the soil is 36.4%. Consider that the following properties…

A: Natural moisture of the soil (W) = 36.4%Specific gravity, Gs = 2.62Unit weight of water, w = 9.81…