Percentage passing (by mass) 1) A clay rich soil is totally saturated, has a bulk density of 2.12 g/cm³, and a void ratio of 0.33. a) Draw the full three phase diagram for this soil including all the volume and mass quantities b) Determine the density of the soil solids c) Determine the total density of the soil if the saturation was reduced to 50% 2) A soil sample was tested yielding the following grain-size distribution chart: PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION CHART 500 1 mm 5 10 50 100 MEDIUM SAND COARSE SAND FINE GRAVEL MEDIUM GRAVEL COARSE GRAVEL COBBLES 1 μm 2 3 4 5 10 20 50 100 CLAY FINE SILT MEDIUM SILT COARSE SILT FINE SAND 20 60 200 μm. 100 8. 90 80 80 70 20 60 80 50 40 30 20 10 ° 2 6 345 700 um 50 600 6 20 mm. 150 10 mm. Australian Standard Sieve Sizes (AS 1152) 0 5 5 60 The soil fines (inorganic) were also tested and had a liquid limit of 76 and a plastic limit of 49 a) Determine the coefficients of uniformity and curvature b) Calculate the plasticity index of the fines and determine the group symbol that would be used to classify just the soil fines. c) Using the flowchart (see the last page of the exam), determine the full group symbol and group name of this soil sample
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Questions 1:
A clay rich soil is totally saturated, has a bulk density of 2.12 g/cm3, and a void ratio of 0.33.
a) Draw the full three phase diagram for this soil including all the volume and mass quantities.
b) Determine the density of the soil solids.
c) Determine the total density of the soil if the saturation was reduced to 50%.
Question 2:
A soil sample was tested yielding the following grain-size distribution chart: (refer to the image provided)
The soil fines (inorganic) were also tested and had a liquid limit of 76 and a plastic limit of 49
- Determine the coefficients of uniformity and curvature.
- Calculate the plasticity index of the fines and determine the group symbol that would be used to classify just the soil fines.
- Using the flowchart, determine the full group symbol and group name of this soil sample.
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