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The document contains the results of several soil tests: 1) A liquid limit test on a clay with water contents from 31.93% to 23.30% and blow counts from 5 to 42. 2) A shrinkage limit test on a soil that shrank from a volume of 9.6cc to 5.22cc when dried. 3) Properties calculated for a sand with a water content of 20%, bulk unit weight of 1.93g/cc, and void ratios from 0.90 to 0.50. 4) Volumes of borrow area soil used in two parts of an embankment with different dry unit weights. 5) A falling head permeability test used to calculate

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Open Book Test

The document contains the results of several soil tests: 1) A liquid limit test on a clay with water contents from 31.93% to 23.30% and blow counts from 5 to 42. 2) A shrinkage limit test on a soil that shrank from a volume of 9.6cc to 5.22cc when dried. 3) Properties calculated for a sand with a water content of 20%, bulk unit weight of 1.93g/cc, and void ratios from 0.90 to 0.50. 4) Volumes of borrow area soil used in two parts of an embankment with different dry unit weights. 5) A falling head permeability test used to calculate

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In a liquid limit test, specimens of a certain sample of a clay at a water contents of 31.93, 27.62,25.

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and 23.30% required 5, 16, 23 and 42 blows, respectively to close the standard groove. The plastic limit
of clay is 13%. Natural water content is 16% determine liquid limit, plasticity index, liquidity index,
relative consistency, flow index and toughness index of the soil.

In shrinkage limit test, a container of volume 9.6 cc was filled with soil slurry. The weight of the
saturated soil was 17.46 g. the slurry was then gradually dried, first in atmosphere and then in an an
oven at a constant temperature of 110 c. the weight and volume of the dried soil were 11.58 g and 5.22
cc, respectively. Determine the shrinkage limit of the soil and the shrinkage ratio.

A sample of sand was found to have a water contained of 20% and bulk unit weight of 1.93g/cc.
Laboratory test on the sand sample indicated the void ratio in the loosest and the densest possible
states as 090 and 050, respectively. Calculate the relative density and the degree of saturation of the
sample (assume Gs = 2.65).

The soil from a borrow area having an average in situ unit weight of 15.5 KN/mᶾ and water content of
10%, was used for the construction of an embankment ( total finished volume 6000 cu m). in half of
embankment, due to improper control during rolling, the dry unit weight achieved was slightly lower. If
the dry unit weight in the two parts is 16.5 and 16.0 KN/mᶾ, find the volume of borrow area soil used in
each part and the amount of soil used.

A falling head permeability test was performed on a sand sample and the following data were recorded:
cross sectional area of permeameter = 100 cm square, length of the soil sample = 15 cm, area of the
stand pipe = 1 cm square, time taken for the head to fall from 150 cm to 50 cm = 8 min, temperature of
water = 25 degree c, dry mass of the soil specimen = 2.2 kg and its Gs = 2.68. compute the coefficient of
permeability of the soil for a void ratio of 0.70 and standard temperature of 20 degree c.

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