For soil in natural state, given e - 0.8, w=24%, and Gs = 2.68. (a) Determine the bulk unit weight, dry unit weight, and degree of saturation. (b) If the soil is made completely saturated by adding water, what would its moisture content be at that time? Also find the saturated unit weight.

A sample of soil has a volume of 0.57 ft³ and a weight of 57.30 lb. After being dried in an oven, it has a weight of 49.10 lb. It has a specific gravity of solids of 2.66. Compute its moisture content and degree of saturation before it was placed in the oven. Solution: ● ● ● Moisture content: @ = Unit weight of water is: %d Degree of saturation: S = = %; lb/ft³; %.

In its natural state, a moist soil has a volume of 0.009 m3 and mass of 18.9 kg . The oven dry mass of the soil is 16.13kg. If the specific gravity of the soil solids was determined in the laboratory to be 2.70, Draw the phase diagram and calculate: a. Moisture content b. Moist unit weight c. Dry unit weight d. Void ratio e. Porosity f. Degree of saturation

The weight of a soil and its container is 8N. After oven-drying, the weight reduced to 6.8N. If weight of the container is IN and the volume of the soil is 402.2 cm³, determine the: a. water content b. void ratio c. bulk unit weight (kN/m³) d. saturated unit weight (kN/m³) e. effective unit weight (kN/m³) f. dry unit weight (kN/m³) g. percentage air voids h. degree of saturation

The moist weight of 0.0057 m3 of a soil is 102.6 N. The moisture content and the specific gravity of soil solids are determined in the laboratory to be 11% and 2.7 respectively. Calculate the following: Moist unit weight Dry unit weight Void ratio Porosity Degree of saturation

In a partially saturated soil, the moisture content W% is 66.67%, the relative specific gravity of solids Ss is 2.5, and the saturated specific gravity of the sample is 1.45 g/cm3. If the volume of air is equal to 8 cm3. Determine the other quantities of the scheme, and calculate: e, n, Gw%, Ym, Yd, Ysat, Y'. Note: Kindly answer all with clear calculations.

Subject is soils mechanics

The moist unit weight of a soil is 17.8 kN/m3 and the moisture content is 14%. If the specific gravity of the soil solids is 2.69, calculate the following:a. Dry unit weightb. Void ratioc. Degree of saturation

The moist weight of 0.2 ft3 of a soil is 23 lb. The moisture content and the specific gravity of the soil solids are determined in the laboratory to be 11% and 2.7, respectively. Calculate the following:a. Moist unit weight (lb/ft3)b. Dry unit weight (lb/ft3)c. Void ratiod. Porositye. Degree of saturation (%)f. Volume occupied by water (ft3)

1. A soil sample has a volume of 883.125 cm³. The moist soil has a mass of 1740.6 gm. When it is dried out in the oven, it is mass was 1421.2 gm. The specific gravity of the solids is 2.7. Find the following: (a) water content (b) void ratio (c) degree of saturation (d) bulk (moist) density (gm/cm³). (e) dry density (gm/cm³). (f) saturated density (gm/cm³) (g) moist unit weight (kN/m³) (h) dry unit weight (kN/m³) (i) saturated unit weight (kN/m³) Solve the problem using the phase diagram (Check parts (d) to (f) using the equations)