In: Civil Engineering
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 42.5 103 kN. If the oven-dried weight
was
37.85 103 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
Moist unit weight = 19.244 kN/m^3
Moisture content = 10.96 %
Dry unit weight =17.1349 kN/m^3
Degree of Saturation =54.60 %