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    This document contains 8 problems related to soil compaction and density calculations. The problems cover topics like calculating degree of saturation, dry and wet unit weights from a sand cone test, determining dry unit weight and saturated unit weight from a standard Proctor test, calculating moist unit weight from relative density and moisture content, and determining dry density from a field compaction test using the sand jar method. The last problem involves plotting moisture-density curves from Proctor test data and determining optimum moisture content and maximum dry density.

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    This document contains 8 problems related to soil compaction and density calculations. The problems cover topics like calculating degree of saturation, dry and wet unit weights from a sand cone test, determining dry unit weight and saturated unit weight from a standard Proctor test, calculating moist unit weight from relative density and moisture content, and determining dry density from a field compaction test using the sand jar method. The last problem involves plotting moisture-density curves from Proctor test data and determining optimum moisture content and maximum dry density.

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    Soil Compactation Problem Set

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    Assignment 1 (Compaction)

    CE351A Soil Mechanics: Course instructor Arghya Das: Semester 1, 2016-17


    1. The maximum dry unit weight and the optimum water content of a cohesive soil obtained from the
    standard compaction test are 19.5kN/m3 and 12%, respectively. If the specific gravity of the soil solids is
    2.70, what is the degree of the soil at its maximum dry unit weight? What is the maximum dry unit
    weight it can be further compacted to?
    2. Show the saturated moisture content is:

    1
    1

    wsat = w

    d s

    3. The following observations were recorded when a sand cone test was conducted for finding the unitweight of a natural soil:
    Total density of sand used in the test = 1.4 g/cm3
    Mass of the soil excavated from hole = 950 g.
    Mass of the sand filling the hole = 700 g.
    Water content of the natural soil = 15%.
    Specific gravity of the soil grains = 2.7
    Calculate: (i) the wet unit weight; (ii) the dry unit weight; (iii) the void ratio; and (iv) the degree of
    saturation.
    4. A sample of soil compacted according to the standard Proctor test has a density of 2.06 g/cm3 at100%
    compaction and at an optimum water content of 14%. What is the dry unit weight? What is the dry unit
    weight at zero air-voids? If the voids become filled with water what would be the saturated unit weight?
    Assume Gs = 2.67.
    5. The maximum and minimum dry unit weights of a sand are 17.1 and 14.2 respectively. The sand in the
    field has a relative density of 70% with a moisture content of 8%. Determine the moist unit weight of
    the sand in the field.
    6. During the construction of an embankment, the density attained by field compaction was investigated by
    the sand jar method. A test pit was excavated in the newly compacted soil and was filled up by pouring
    sand. The following were the observation :
    Mass of soil excavated from pit = 2883 g
    Mass of sand required to fill the pit = 2356 g
    Bulk density of sand = 1.52 g/cc
    Moisture content of embankment soil = 16%
    Determine the dry density of the compacted soil.
    7. An embankment was constructed by compacting a soil at a moisture content of 15.5% and a dry density
    of 1.72 gm/cc. If the specific gravity of soil solids be 2.68, determine the void ratio and degree of
    saturation of the embankment soil.
    8. The test result of laboratory proctor test are shown below:
    No of Test
    1
    2
    3
    4
    5
    6
    Mass of mould and soil in kg
    3.526 3.711 3.797 3.906 3.924 3. 882
    Water content %
    8.33 10.40 12.23 16.20 17. 92 20.39
    The mould is 12.7 cm high and has an internal diameter of 10 cm. The mass of the empty mould is 1.89 kg.
    a. Plot the moisture content vs dry density curve and determine the optimum moisture content and the
    maximum dry density.
    b. Plot the zero air void line curve and the 10% air void curve. Given G= 2.68
    NOTE: Assume the necessary data if required.

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