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- A soil specimen having a volume of 0.012 m3 has a specific gravity of 2.60. It has a moist mass of 20.6 kg and a dried mass of 16.1 kg. Compute its degree of saturation.The moist unit weight of soil sample is 17.5 kN/m3. Given that w=12% and Gs 2.64.Carry out calculations for (dry unit weight of solid, void ratio, porosity, weight of water, Degree of saturation)For a falling head laboratory test, the following are the given values:• Length of soil specimen = 210.00 mm• Initial head = 523.00 mm• Final head = 297.00 mm• Duration of test = 3.50 mins• Area of standpipe = 42.0 sq.mm• Area of specimen = 1050.00 sq.mmA. Compute for the hydraulic conductivity of the soil in cm/sec.B. Determine the seepage velocity if n=0.35C. Determine the head difference at t = 120 sec
- Calculate the dry unit weight, the saturated unit weight and the buoyant unit weight of a soil having a void ratio of 0.70 and a value of Gs = 2.72. Calculate also the unit weight and water content at a degree of saturation of 75%.The following data are for a falling-head permeability test:• Length of the soil sample = 150 mm• Area of soil sample = 1964 mm^2• Area of the standpipe = 25 mm^2• At time t = 0, head difference = 400 mm• At time t = 8 min, head difference = 200 mma. Determine the hydraulic conductivity of the soil (cm/sec). (ans. 2.75x10^-4 cm/s)b. What was the head difference at t = 6 min? (ans. 23.82cm)A fresh soil sample with a mass of 460 g is collected from the field using a cylinder with diameter of 7.5 cm and height of 7.3 cm. After oven-drying, the soil mass becomes 370 g. What is the apparent specific gravity?
- Length of soil sample for constant head permeability test is 30 cm, Area of specimen is 177cm) constant head difference is so cm, total volume of water collected in 5 min is 350cm Calculate the hydraulic conductivity of the soil.A soil sample obtained at the Earth Dam site in Hydroelectric Power Scheme has a bulk unit weight of 18.5 kN/m3 at water content of 13.5%. spesific gravity 2.65 Determine the soil void ratio, degree of saturation and volume of air voidsThe following data are for a falling-head permeability test:• Length of the soil sample = 140 mm• Diameter of soil sample = 70 mm• Area of the standpipe = 19.6 mm2• At time t = 0, head difference = 500 mm• At time t = 7 min, head difference = 350 mma. Determine the hydraulic conductivity of the soil (cm/sec)b. What was the head difference at t = 5 min?
- The following data are for a falling-head permeability test: Length of the soil sample = 140 mm Diameter of the soil sample = 70 mm Area of the standpipe = 19.6 mm2 At time t =0, head difference = 500 mm At time t = 7 minutes, head difference = 350 mmFor a falling or variable head permeability test, the following are given: Length of soil specimen = 12 cm. Cross sectional area of stand pipe: A = 0.018 cm2 Diameter of soil specimen = 7.5 cm. Time of collection of water: t = 65 sec. Head difference at time t = 0; h1 = 70 cm. Head difference at time t = 65 sec; h2 = 40 cm. Temperature of water: 14 ֯C Find the absolute permeability of the soil at 20 ֯C.The volume of clay sample having a natural water content of 40% is 0.0009 ft3 and its wet weight is 0.096lb. Calculate the degree of saturation of the sample, if G = 2.75.