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Menoufia University 2nd year

Faculty of Engineering Soil Mechanics


Civil Engineering Department 2023-2024

Phase Relationships
1. A soil sample has a weight of 300 gm and a volume of 160 cm3. after being
dried, its weight became 287 gm. Find its water content, bulk & dry unit
weights?

2. A wet soil sample has a volume of 0.11 𝑚3 and a weight of 220 Kg. After
being dried in the oven, the sample weight became 199 kg. Specific
gravity of solid particles = 2.65. Find the following:
a) bulk unit weight
b) dry unit weight
c) voids ratio
d) water content
e) degree of saturation
f) air content
g) the weight of water required to saturate 1 𝑚3 of this soil

3. A moist sand sample has a volume of 500 c𝑚3 in its natural state and a
weight of 800 gm. The dry weight of the sample is 755 gm and the specific
gravity of solid particles equals 2.7. Find the following:
a) voids ratio
b) porosity
c) water content
d) degree of saturation
e) dry unit weight
f) volume of air voids
g) percentage of air voids
h) submerged unit weight

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4. A container of volume 5 ∗ 10−3 𝑚3 weighs 15 N. Dry sand was poured to
fill the container. The container and the sand weighed 114 N. Calculate
the voids ratio and porosity of the dry sand. (Assume that G.s. = 2.75)

𝑡
5. For a sandy soil, the moist unit weight equals 1.83 , 𝑒𝑚𝑎𝑥 =
𝑚3
1.21, 𝑒𝑚𝑖𝑛 = 0.46 ,G.s. = 2.7, 𝑊𝑐 = 20%. Determine the voids ratio and
relative density of the soil.

𝑡
6. A soil sample has a bulk density of 1.7 , a water content of 9%, and
𝑚3
specific gravity of solid particles of 2.75. Find the following:
a) Voids ratio
b) Degree of saturation
c) Saturated density

7. Soil excavated from a borrow pit is being used to build an embankment.


𝑡
The bulk density of the soil at the borrow pit is 1.75 and its water
𝑚3
content equals 5%. The dry density of the soil at the embankment is
𝑡
1.8 . Calculate the volume of excavation at the borrow pit
𝑚3
corresponding to 500 𝑚3 of the embankment.

8. Prove that:
a) 𝛾𝑠𝑎𝑡 = 𝛾𝑑 + 𝑛 ∗ 𝛾𝑤
𝛾𝑏 𝛾𝑠
b) 𝛾𝑑 = =
1+𝑊𝑐 1+𝑒
𝐺𝑆 +𝑆𝑟 ∗𝑒
c) 𝛾𝑏 = ∗ 𝛾𝑤
1+𝑒

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