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Soil Mechanics - Problems 1

The document provides 7 soil mechanics problems involving calculations related to grain size distribution curves, soil classification systems, hydrometer tests, unit weights, moisture contents, specific gravities, porosities, void ratios, and degrees of saturation. The problems require determining parameters such as D10, D30, D60 from grain size distribution curves, classifying soils by different systems, calculating particle diameters from hydrometer tests, computing unit weights, moisture contents, void ratios, porosities, and degrees of saturation using given soil properties.

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Soil Mechanics - Problems 1

The document provides 7 soil mechanics problems involving calculations related to grain size distribution curves, soil classification systems, hydrometer tests, unit weights, moisture contents, specific gravities, porosities, void ratios, and degrees of saturation. The problems require determining parameters such as D10, D30, D60 from grain size distribution curves, classifying soils by different systems, calculating particle diameters from hydrometer tests, computing unit weights, moisture contents, void ratios, porosities, and degrees of saturation using given soil properties.

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Soil Mechanics Problems # 1

1. The following are the results of a sieve analysis:

U.S. sieve no. Mass of soil retained (g)


4 28
10 42
20 48
40 128
60 221
100 86
200 40
Pan 24

a. Determine the percent finer than each sieve and plot a grain-size distribution curve.
b. Determine D10, D30, and D60 from the grain-size distribution curve.
c. Calculate the uniformity coefficient, Cu.
d. Calculate the coefficient of gradation, Cc.

2. The following are the results of a sieve and hydrometer analysis.

Sieve number/ Percent


Analysis grain size finer than
Sieve 40 100
80 96
170 85
200 80
Hydrometer 0.04 mm 59
0.02 mm 39
0.01 mm 26
0.005 mm 15
0.0015 mm 8

a. Draw the grain-size distribution curve.


b. Determine the percentages of gravel, sand, silt, and clay according to the MIT system.
c. Repeat Part b according to the USDA system.
d. Repeat Part b according to the AASHTO system

3. A hydrometer test has the following result: Gs = 2.7, temperature of water 24°C, and L = 9.2
cm at 60 minutes after the start of sedimentation. What is the diameter D of the smallest-size
particles that have settled beyond the zone of measurement at that time (that is, t =60 min)?

4. The moist weight of 2.83*103 m3 of soil is 55.5*103 kN/m3. If the moisture content is 14%
and the specific gravity of soil solids is 2.71, determine the following:
a. Moist unit weight
b. Dry unit weight
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c. Void ratio
d. Porosity
e. Degree of saturation
f. Volume occupied by water

5. The moist density of a soil is 1750 kg/m3. Given w = 23% and Gs = 2.73, determine:
a. Dry density
b. Porosity
c. Degree of saturation
d. Mass of water, in kg/m3, to be added to reach full saturation.

6. The degree of saturation of a soil is 55% and the moist unit weight is 16.66 kN/m3. When the
moist unit weight increased to 17.92 kN/m3, the degree of saturation increased to 82.2%.
Determine:
a. Gs
b. Void ratio

7. Undisturbed soil sample was collected from the field in steel Shelby tubes for laboratory
evaluation. The tube sample has a diameter of 71 mm, length of 558 mm, and a moist weight of
42.5*10-3 kN. If the oven-dried weight was 37.85*10-3 kN, and Gs= 2.69, calculate the following:
a. Moist unit weight
b. Field moisture content
c. Dry unit weight
d. Void ratio
e. Degree of saturation

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