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Numerical Examples

The document provides 11 numerical problems involving calculations related to soil properties including water content, density, void ratio, porosity, degree of saturation, and specific gravity. The problems require determining various soil properties from information such as mass, volume, water content, specific gravity, and saturated or dry conditions.

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Numerical Examples

The document provides 11 numerical problems involving calculations related to soil properties including water content, density, void ratio, porosity, degree of saturation, and specific gravity. The problems require determining various soil properties from information such as mass, volume, water content, specific gravity, and saturated or dry conditions.

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CLASS NUMERICAL

1. The mass of a chunk of moist soil is 20 kg, and its volume is 0.011m 3. After drying in
an oven, the mass reduces to 16.5 kg. Determine the water content, the density of
moist soil, the dry density, void ratio, porosity and the degree of saturation. Take G
= 2.70. (Ans: w = 21.21%; wet density (ρ) = 1818.18 kg/m3; dry density (ρ d) = 1500.0
kg/m3; e = 0.80; n = 44.44%; S = 71.58%)

2. A soil specimen has a water content of 10% and a wet unit weight of 20 kN/m 3. If
the specific gravity of solids is 2.70, determne the dry unit weight, void ratio, and the
degree of saturation. Take, γw = 10 kN/m3. (Ans: dry unit weight (γ d) = 18.18 kN/m3;
e = 0.49; S = 55.10%)

3. A moist soil sample weighs 3.52 N. after drying in an oven, its weight is reduced to 2.9
N. the specific gravity of soilds and the mass specific gravity are, respectively, 2.65
and 1.85. determine the water content, void ratio, porosity and the degree of
saturation. Take γw = 10 kN/m3. (Ans: w = 21.38%; unit weight (γ) = 18.5 kN/m3;
dry unit weight (γd) = 15.24 kN/m3; e = 0.74; n = 42.53%; S = 76.56%)

4. A soil has a porosity of 40%, the specific gravity of soilds of 2.65 and a water
content of 12%. Determine the mass of water required to be added to 100 m 3 of this
soil for full saturation. (Ans: Volume of additional water for full saturation = 0.349
m3; Volume of water required for 100 m3 of soil = 20.94 m3)

5. A sample of clay was coated with paraffin wax and its mass, including the mass of
wax, was found to be 697.5 gm. The sample was immersed in water and the volume
of the water displaced was found to be 355 ml. The mass if the sample without wax
was 690.0 gm, and the water content of the representative specimen was 18%.
Determine the bulk density, void ratio and the degree of saturation. The specific
gravity of the solids was 2.70 and that of the wax was 0.89. (Ans: Bulk density = 1.99
gm/ml; Dry density = 1.69 gm/ml; e = 0.60; S = 81%)

6. A 50 C.C. volume of moist soil weights 95 gms. Its dry weight is 75 gms and the
specific gravity of soilds is 2.68. compute the water content, void ratio, porosity and
unit weights.

7. In an oil drilling project, a heavy viscous liquid (drilling mud) was used to keep the
drilling hole open. It consists of suspension in water of the following properties per
liter of volume: 380 gms of clay of G = 2.82; 82 gms of sand of G = 2.68; 300 gms of
iron fillings of G = 7.13. Assuming that unit weight of water = 1.00 gms per C.C. and
a uniformly mixed suspension, what is the unit weight of suspension?

8. By the three phase soil system, show that the degree of saturation “Sr” (as ratio)in
terms of mass unit weight γm, water content ratio of w and specific gravity of soil G
and unit weight of water γw is given by the expression:

9. The wet density of soil is 2gms/CC. the specific gravity of soilds is 2.70 and the
moisture content of the soil is 15%. Calculate: Dry density, Porosity, Void Ratio,
Degree of saturation, Percentage of air voids.
Solution

10. A sample of clay weighing 700 gms was coated with paraffin wax. The combined
weight of the caly and the wax was found to be 708 gms. The volume of the
displaced water when the soil was immersed in water was 345 ml. The sample was
then broken open the water content and specific gravity of the soil sample was
found to be 15 % and 2.7 respectively. Calculate the bulk unit weight, void ratio and
degree of saturation. Take specific gravity of paraffin as 0.89.
11. Dry sand of 10,676 gm is poured fully into cyldinder having internal diameter of 200
mm and height of 200 mm. The porosity of the sand is 35%. Water is carefully
added until the sand becomes saturated. While the porosity remains the same.
Determine:
a) The saturated density of the soil
b) The amount of water needed to saturate the soil
c) The specific gravity of sand particles
d) The water content of the sand at saturated condition
e) The amount of water needed to produce a degree of saturation of 80%.

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