Soil placed on a can has been weighed before and after an oven-drying procedure. The procedure yields as follows: mass of the soil + can before placing in the oven = 82.3g mass of soil + can after placing in the oven = 74g mass of the can = 32.5g If the specific gravity of soil is 2.86, and the void ratio is 0.528, what will be the moist unit weight (in kN/m^3) of the soil?

Soil placed on a can has been weighed before and after an oven-drying procedure. The procedure yields as follows: mass of the soil + can before placing in the oven = 82.3g mass of soil + can after placing in the oven = 74g mass of the can = 32.5g If the specific gravity of soil is 2.86, and the void ratio is 0.528, what will be the moist unit weight (in kN/m^3) of the soil?

Structural Analysis

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Author:KASSIMALI, Aslam.

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