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Assignment No. 2: Phase Relationship

This document contains 6 questions related to soil properties including moisture content, unit weight, void ratio, porosity, degree of saturation, and relative density. The questions provide values for these properties and ask the reader to use the given information to calculate other unknown properties.

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Assignment No. 2: Phase Relationship

This document contains 6 questions related to soil properties including moisture content, unit weight, void ratio, porosity, degree of saturation, and relative density. The questions provide values for these properties and ask the reader to use the given information to calculate other unknown properties.

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Assignment No.

2
Phase Relationship
Q.No.1. A soil has a ω = 18.2%, Gs = 2.67, and S = 80%. Determine the moist. And dry unit
weight of soil in Pcf.

Q.No.2. A sample of saturated clay has a wet mass of 346 grams and a dry mass of 298 grams.
The specific gravity of soil solids is 2.7. Determine the moisture content, void ratio, porosity, and
total unit weight.

Q.No.3. A saturated soil mass has a unit mass of 122 Pcf and specific gravity Gs = 2.7. Find dry
unit weight ɣ𝑑𝑟𝑦 , void Ratio e, Porosity n, and moisture content ω.

Q.No.4. A project engineer receives a laboratory report with tests performed on the soil samples.
The engineer suspects that one of the measurements is in error. Are the engineer’s suspicions
correct? If so, which one of these values is wrong, and what should be its correct value?

Given:

ɣ = unit weight of sample = 18.4 KN/m3 ɣ𝑠 = unit weight of soil solids = 26.1 KN/m3
ω = Moisture content of soil = 40% e = Void Ratio = 1.12
S = Degree of saturation = 95%

Q.No.5. For a given sandy soil, 𝑒𝑚𝑎𝑥 = 0.75 and 𝑒𝑚𝑖𝑛 = 0.4. let Gs = 2.68. in the field, the soil is
compacted to a moist density of 112 lb/ft3 at a moisture content of 12%. Determine the relative
density of compaction.

Q.No.6. The moisture content of a soil sample is 18.4% and its dry unit weight is 100 Pcf.
Assuming that the specific gravity of solids is 2.65. Calculate the degree of saturation

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