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Undisturbed soil sample was collected from the field in steel Shelby tubes for laboratory evaluation. The...

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

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Expert Solution

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 %


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