A project engineer receives a laboratoryreport with tests performed on a certain soilsample on a particular location. The engineersuspects that one of the measurements is inerror. Are the engineer's suspicions correct?Which of these values is wrong, and whatIf so,so,should be its correct value? Given: *Unitweight of the sample= 18.4 kN/cu.m *Unitweight of solids= 26.1 kN/cu.m *watercontent= 40% *void ratio= 1.12 *degree ofsaturation= 95% *%3Dthe unit weight of the sample inO incorrect, thus the correct value is17.2 kN/ cu.mthe unit weight of the solids isO incorrect, thus the correct value is25.2 kN/cu.mthe water content is incorrect, thusthe correct value is 42 %the void ratio is incorrect, thus thecorrect value is 0.112the degree of saturation is incorrect,thus the correct value is 0.95all of the results were correct thuS

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A project engineer receives a laboratory report with tests performed on a certain soil sample on a particular location. The engineer suspects that one of the measurements is in error. Are the engineer's suspicions correct? If so, Which of these values is wrong, and what should be its correct value? Given: *Unit weight of the sample= 18.4 kN/cu.m *Unit weight of solids= 26.1 kN/cu.m *water content= 40% *void ratio= 1.12 *degree of saturation= 95% *

A project engineer receives a laboratory report with tests performed on a certain soil sample on a particular location. The engineer suspects that one of the measurements is in error. Are the engineer's suspicions correct? If so, Which of these values is wrong, and what should be its correct value? Given: Unit weight of the sample= 18.4 kN/cu.m Unit weight of solids= 26.1 kN/cu.m water content= 40% void ratio= 1.12 degree of saturation= 95%

Principles of Geotechnical Engineering (MindTap Course List)

9th Edition

ISBN:9781305970939

Author:Braja M. Das, Khaled Sobhan

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Chapter6: Soil Compaction

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