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    This document contains a 5 question quiz on soil mechanics topics. The questions cover calculating void ratio, specific gravity, unit weights for saturated and unsaturated soils; performing calculations based on given moisture content, dry unit weight, specific gravity and volume of soil; and analyzing results from a sieve analysis test to determine grain size distribution properties.

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    This document contains a 5 question quiz on soil mechanics topics. The questions cover calculating void ratio, specific gravity, unit weights for saturated and unsaturated soils; performing calculations based on given moisture content, dry unit weight, specific gravity and volume of soil; and analyzing results from a sieve analysis test to determine grain size distribution properties.

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    CE 36-B

    QUIZ NO. 1
    February 22, 2022

    NAME: ______________________________________

    PROBLEMS:

    1. The unit weight of soil is 15.10 KN/m 3 . The moisture content of th1s soil is 17% when the degree
    of saturation is 60%. Determine the following:
    a. Void ratio
    b. Specific gravity of soil
    c. Saturated unit weight
    2. A saturated soil has a moisture content of 38% and a specific gravity of 2.73. Determine the void
    ratio, porosity, and unit weight of this soil.
    3. 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:
    a. Moist unit weight
    b. Dry unit weight
    c. Void ratio
    d. Porosity
    e. Degree of saturation
    4. For a given sandy soil, emax = 0.75, emin = 0.46 and Gs =2.68. If the relative density of the soil Dr
    =78% and its water content is 9%, determine:
    a. In situ void ratio
    b. Moist unit weight of compaction in KN/m 3
    c. Dry unit weight in KN/m3
    5. The following are the results of a sieve analysis

    U.S sieve no. Mass of soil


    retained (g)
    4 0
    10 44
    20 56
    40 82
    60 51
    80 106
    100 92
    200 85
    pan 35
    a. Determine the percent finer of each sieve and plot a grain-size distribution curve
    b. Determine D10 , D30 , and D60 from the grain-size distribution curve
    c. Determine the uniformity coefficient Cu
    d. Determine the coefficient of gradation Cc

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