The moist soil having a volume of 0.0154 m3 has a unit weight of 16.5 kN/m3 and a moisture content of 15%. The specific gravity of solid is 2.7. Determine the degree of saturation

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Q: A soil has a water content of 25% and a degree of saturation of 82%. Compute the sp.gr. of the soil…

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Q: The moist weight of 2.83 x 10-3 m3 of soil is 55.5 x 10-3 kN/m3. If the moisture content is 14% and…

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Q: The hydraulic gradient for quicksand condition is equal to 1.22 with a void ratio of 0.41. The moist…

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Q: 3 A soil has a bulk density of 22 kN/m and water content 10 %. The dry density of soil is

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Q: The dry unit weight of a soil is ya = 17.5 kN/m, the specific gravity is G, = 2.68 and the degree of…

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Q: A soil has dry unit weight of 15.5 kN/m³, specific gravity of 2.65 and 3 of saturation of 72%.…

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Q: In a construction project, the field moist unit weight was 17.5 kN/m3 and the moisture content was…

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Q: A sandy soil has maximum and minimum dry unit weights of 18.08 kN/m3 and 14.46 kN/m3, respectively,…

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Q: A moist soil has a volume of 0.0094 m and weighs 178 N. The oven dry weight of the soil is 154 N. If…

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Q: A sandy soil has maximum and minimum dry unit weights of 18. 08 kN/m³ and 14.46 kN/m³ respectively,…

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Q: A soil with 63.7% of degree of saturation has a dry density of 1680 kg/m' and a porosity of 37 %.…

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Q: The saturated unit weight and the water content in the field are found to be 18.55 kN/m3 and 33%,…

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Q: In natural state, a moist soil has a volume of 0.33 ft3 and weighs 39.93 lb. The oven dry weight of…

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Q: The porosity of the soil is 0.35 and its moist unit weight is 17.5 kN/m3.the specific gravity of the…

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Q: 3.4 The moist weight of 2.83 x 10-3 m of soil is 55.5 x 10-3 kN/m². If the moisture content is 14%…

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Q: in its natural state. A moist soil has a volume of 9.34x10-3 m3 and weighs 180x10-3kN. The…

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Q: Q2 In its natural state, a moist soil has a volume of 9.34 x 10-3m' and weighs 177.6 x 10 KN. The…

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Q: The dry density of the soil is 1780 kg/cu. meter if the specific gravity is  limited to 2.68 what…

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Q: The hydraulic conductivity of a clayey soil is 4 x 10^-7 cm/sec. The viscosity of water at 25 deg C…

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Q: If a soil has a ZAV dry density of 1912 kg/m3 at 15% moisture content, then the relative density…

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Q: The hydraulic gradient for quicksand condition is equal to 1.26 with a void ratio of 0.58. The moist…

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Q: A saturated soil has a unit weight of 130 lbs/ft3. The unit weight when dry is 110 lbs/ft3. Solve…

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Q: In natural state, a moist soil has a volume of 0.33 ft3 and weighs 39.93 lb. The oven dry weight of…

A: Given:- Volume of moist soil=0.33 ft3Weight of moist soil=39.93 lbWeight of dry soil=34.54 lbGs=2.71…

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Weight-Volume relationships

Weight is defined as the quantity of matter contained in a body. Weight can also be defined as the force acting on a body due to gravity. Mathematically, weight can be defined as-