Vs=Volumeofthesol

ids Ws=wei
ghtofsoi
lsol
i
ds
Vw=Vol umeofwater Ww=weightofwat
er
Va=Volumeofairi
nthevoi
ds
Vv=vol
umeoft hevoi
ds=Va+Vw
V=tot
al vol
ume=Vv+Vs

For
mulas:
Vv
1.e= e=v
oidr
ati
o
Vs
V
2.n= v n=por
osi
ty
V
W
3.w = W w =wat
ercont
ent
Ws
W
4.Uni
tWei
ght γ=
V
Ws
5.dr
yuni ght γd =
twei
V
γ
γd =
1+w
Gsγw
γd = whereGs=speci
fi
cgr
avi
tyofsol
i
d
1+e
6.DegreeofSat
urat
ion
V
S= w
Vv
S
e= wGs

W Ws+Ww
7.γsat= = Sat
urat
edUni
tWei
ght
V V
(
Gs+e)γw
γsat=
1+e

(
1+w)
Gsρw
8.ρ= DensityofSoi
l
1+e
Gsρw
9. ρd = DryDensit
yofSoil
1+e
(
Gs +e)ρw
10.ρsat= Satur
atedDensity
1+e
11. Ef fecti
veuni tweightofsoi l
Submer gedUni tWeight
Buoy antUnitWei ght
' (
Gs 1)
- γw
γ=
1+e
12.Hy drauli
cGr adientforquicksandcondit
ion
 Gs
-1
I
cr
=
1+e
13.Moi
stUnitWei
ght
(Gs
+Se)γw
γ=
1+e

SI
T1
Asoi lsampl ehasasp.gr .of2.74,moisturecont
ent
of16.6%andamoi stuni twei ghtof20. 6kN/m3.
1.Determi nethepor osityoft hesoi l
sampl e.
a.0.34b.0. 43
c.0.
52d.0. 75
2.Determi nethebuoy antuni tweight(i
nkN/ m3)ofthe
soilsampl e.
a.21.04b.12. 40c.18. 54d.11. 23
SIT2
Theuni tweightofsoi lis15. 10kN/ m3.Themoi stur
e
contentoft hissoil
is17%whent hedegr eeof
saturationis60%.Det ermi nethef ol
lowing:
3.Voidr ati
o
a.0.594b.0. 558
c.0.
631d.0. 617
4.Sp.gr .ofsoil
a.2.
401b.2. 653
c.2.
097d.2. 346
5.Saturateduni tweight( kN/ m3)
a.15.83b.16. 56c.18. 22d.20. 05

14.Rel
ati
veDensi
ty
1 1
-
γdminγd
Dr=
1 1
-
γdminγdma x

γd=i nsi t
udryunitweight
(atav oi
drati
oofe)
γdmax =dryuni
tweightinthedensestcondi
ti
on
γdmi n=dr yunitweighti
ntheloosestcondi
ti
on

Rel
ati
veDesi
tyorDensi
tyI
ndex
e -e
Dr= max
ema
-en
x mi
Dr=rel
ati
vedensit
yorDensityI
ndex
e=insi
tuvoidrati
oofsoil
emax=v oidrati
oofsoil
intheloosestcondi
ti
on
emin=v oidr
atioofsoi
li
nt hedensestcondi
ti
on

SI
T1
Asoi lsampl ehasasp.gr .of2.74,moi sturecont
entof16.6%
andamoi stunitweightof20. 6kN/ m3.
1.Determi nethepor osityoft hesoi lsample.
a.0.34b.0. 43
c.0.
52d.0. 75
2.Determi nethebuoy antuni tweight( i
nkN/ m3)ofthesoi
lsampl
e.
a.21.04b.12. 40c.18. 54d.11. 23
SIT2
Theuni tweightofsoi lis15. 10kN/ m3.Themoi stur
e
contentoft hissoil
is17%whent hedegr eeof
saturationis60%.Det ermi nethef oll
owing:
3.Voidr ati
o
a.0.594b.0. 558
c.0.
631d.0. 617
4.Sp.gr .ofsoil
a.2.
401b.2. 653
c.2.
097d.2. 346
5.Saturateduni tweight( kN/ m3)
a.15.83b.16. 56c.18. 22d.20. 05

SIT3
Asoi lsamplehasamoi stur
econt entof12%and
degreeofsat urat
ionof52%.I fi
t sspeci
fi
cgrav
ityi
s
2.7,determinethefoll
owing:
6.Voidr at
io
a.0.28b.0.38
c.0.46d.0.62
7.SaturatedunitweightinkN/ m3
a.22.84b.21. 23c.20.10d.21. 89
8.Buoy antunitweight
a.10.27b.13. 03c.11.42d.12. 08

S-
4
Foragivensandysoi l,emax=0.75,emin=0.46and
Gs=2. 68.Iftherelat
ivedensityofthesoi l
Dr=78%
anditswat ercontentis9%, comput ethefoll
owing:
9.Insit
uv oidrat
io
a.0.63b.0. 71
c.0.52d.0. 84
10.Moistuni tweightofcompact ioninkN/ m3
a.17.7b.18. 8
c.16.6d.19. 9
11.Dr
yunitweighti
nkN/m3
a.17.
25b.16.57c.15.
49d.18.
07

S-5
A soilsamplehasadr yunitweightof
17.79kN/ m^3andhasav oidratioof0.
5
1.FindGs.
2.Thehy draul
icgr
adientf
orqui cksandcondi
ti
on.
3.Theef fecti
veuni
tweight.

S-6
Thefi
eldwei
ghtofasoilsampl
eis1900kg/
m^3and
theuni
tweightofsoi
li
s2600kg/m^3.

Computet
hedryunitwei
ghti
fthemoi
stur
econt
ent
i
s11.5%.
Computet
hevoidrati
o.
Computet
hedegreeofSatur
ati
on.