Homework Help is Here – Start Your Trial Now!
Engineering
Civil Engineering
The maximum dry density and optimum moisture content of a soil is given by 1.65 gm/ cc and 20.5% respectively. What is the percentage of air content of soil at OMC, if the specific gravity of particles is given by 2.65?

The maximum dry density and optimum moisture content of a soil is given by 1.65 gm/ cc and 20.5% respectively. What is the percentage of air content of soil at OMC, if the specific gravity of particles is given by 2.65?

Structural Analysis
Structural Analysis
6th Edition
ISBN:9781337630931
Author:KASSIMALI, Aslam.
Publisher:KASSIMALI, Aslam.
Chapter2: Loads On Structures
Section: Chapter Questions
Problem 1P
See similar textbooks
Question
The maximum dry density and optimum moisture content of a soil is given by 1.65 gm/ cc and 20.5% respectively. What is the percentage of air content of soil at OMC, if the specific gravity of particles is given by 2.65?
Transcribed Image Text:The maximum dry density and optimum moisture content of a soil is given by 1.65 gm/ cc and 20.5% respectively. What is the percentage of air content of soil at OMC, if the specific gravity of particles is given by 2.65?
Expert Solution
Step 1 Given

Maximum dry density = γdmax = 1.65gmcc

Optimum moisture content of a soil = 20.5% or .205

Specific gravity = G = 2.65

 

To be find - 

Percentage of air content of soil at OMC.

steps

Step by step

Solved in 4 steps

SEE SOLUTIONCheck out a sample Q&A here
Blurred answer
Knowledge Booster
Weight-volume relationships
Learn more about
Need a deep-dive on the concept behind this application? Look no further. Learn more about this topic, civil-engineering and related others by exploring similar questions and additional content below.
Recommended textbooks for you
Structural Analysis
Structural Analysis
Civil Engineering
ISBN:
9781337630931
Author:
KASSIMALI, Aslam.
Publisher:
Cengage,
Structural Analysis (10th Edition)
Structural Analysis (10th Edition)
Civil Engineering
ISBN:
9780134610672
Author:
Russell C. Hibbeler
Publisher:
PEARSON
Principles of Foundation Engineering (MindTap Cou…
Principles of Foundation Engineering (MindTap Cou…
Civil Engineering
ISBN:
9781337705028
Author:
Braja M. Das, Nagaratnam Sivakugan
Publisher:
Cengage Learning
Fundamentals of Structural Analysis
Fundamentals of Structural Analysis
Civil Engineering
ISBN:
9780073398006
Author:
Kenneth M. Leet Emeritus, Chia-Ming Uang, Joel Lanning
Publisher:
McGraw-Hill Education
Sustainable Energy
Sustainable Energy
Civil Engineering
ISBN:
9781337551663
Author:
DUNLAP, Richard A.
Publisher:
Cengage,
Traffic and Highway Engineering
Traffic and Highway Engineering
Civil Engineering
ISBN:
9781305156241
Author:
Garber, Nicholas J.
Publisher:
Cengage Learning
SEE MORE TEXTBOOKS