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02 Soil Composition

The document discusses soil composition and specific gravity. It provides an example of a soil with 50% air and 50% solids. It also gives a formula for calculating average specific gravity of two soils based on their individual weights and volumes. Homework involves using the formula to find average specific gravity for two soils.

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02 Soil Composition

The document discusses soil composition and specific gravity. It provides an example of a soil with 50% air and 50% solids. It also gives a formula for calculating average specific gravity of two soils based on their individual weights and volumes. Homework involves using the formula to find average specific gravity for two soils.

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SOIL COMPOSITION

A Simple Example
In this illustration, e=1 n = 50% S = 50%
soil air

water

A Suggestion..
air If you can remember one thing in phase relations, that should be ..

e Se
water

Sew Gs w

soil

ANY QUESTION?

Homework
For soil A, the weight is W1 and the volume is V1.

For soil B, the weight is W2 and the volume is V2.


Calculate the Average Specific Gravity

GsB GsA Gsavg 2

TERIMA KASIH SAMPAI JUMPA MINGGU DEPAN

For soil A, the weight is W1 and the volume is V1.


For soil B, the weight is W2 and the volume is V2.

( W1 W2 ) 1 G s avg (V1 V2 ) (V1 V2 ) ( W1 W2 ) G s avg 1 W1 V1 W2 V2 ( W1 W2 ) W1 ( W1 W2 ) W2 1 1 1 P1 P2 G s1 Gs2

G s avg

P is the weight fraction

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