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    Soil Mechanics I April 16, 2011

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    This document contains 8 questions related to physical and hydraulic properties of soils, including calculations of moisture content, unit weights, void ratio, porosity, degree of saturation, capillary rise, effective stress, permeability, and selection of a borrow area based on cost. Specific calculations are required for moisture content, bulk unit weight, void ratio, porosity, degree of saturation, height of capillary rise, capillary pressure, effective stress at different depths, rate of seepage, volume of soil needed, and determination of the most economical borrow area.

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    Soil Mechanics I April 16, 2011

    Work sheet on physical and hydraulic properties of soils


    1. For a soil, show that

    2. In its natural state, a moist soil has a volume of 0.33m3 and weighs 39.93kN. The oven dried
    weight of the soil is 34.54 kN. If Gs = 2.67, calculate
    a. moisture content, w
    b. bulk and dry unit weight,
    c. Void ratio, e
    d. Porosity, n
    e. Degree of saturation, s.
    3. A soil in its natural state has a void ratio of 0.65 and a water content of 21%. How many
    additional liters of water per cubic meter of soil needed to make it a saturated soil with no change
    in void ratio?
    Take Gs = 2.65
    4. A layer of silty soil of thickness 5 m lies below the ground surface at a particular site and
    below the silt layer lies a clay stratum. The ground water table is at a depth of 4 m below
    the ground surface.
    The following data are available for both the silt and clay layers of soil.
    Silt layer: D10 = 0.018 mm, e = 0.7, and Gs = 2.7
    Clay layer: e = 0.8 and Gs = 2.75
    Required:

    (a) Height of capillary rise, (b) capillary pressure (stress), (c) the effective stress at the
    ground surface, at GWT level, at the bottom of the silt layer and at a depth of H = 6 m
    below ground level, and (d) at a depth 2 m below ground level.

    5. A 16 m thick layer of relatively impervious saturated clay lies over a gravel aquifer.
    Piezometer tubes introduced to the gravel layer show an artesian pressure condition with
    the water level standing in the tubes 38 cm above the top surface of the clay stratum. The
    properties of the clay are e=1.2, G = 2.7 and γsat = 19.62kN/m3
    Determine (a) the effective stress at the top of the gravel stratum layer, and (b) the
    depth of excavation that can be made in the clay stratum without bottom heave.

    6. A sieve analysis of a given sample of sand was carried out by making use of US standard sieves.
    The total weight of sand used for the analysis was 523 g. The following data were obtained.
    Sieve size (mm) 4.750 2.000 1.000 0.500 0.355 0.180 0.125 0.075 Pan
    Weight retained (g) 25.75 61.75 67.00 126.0 57.75 78.75 62.45 36.75 2.51

    a. Plot the grain size distribution curve on semi-log paper and compute the following:
    i. Percent gravel
    ii. Percent of coarse, medium and fine sand
    iii. Percent of silt and clay
    iv. Uniformity coefficient, Cu
    v. Coefficient of curvature, Cc

    Adama University Civil Eng’g Dep’t 1 Bahru M


    Soil Mechanics I April 16, 2011

    b. Classify the soil according to AASHTO and USC soil classification systems.
    c. Do you recommend the soil for roadway surfacing? Why?

    7. A permeable soil layer is underlain by an impervious layer, as shown in Figure below.


    With k = 4.8 x103 cm/s for the permeable layer, calculate the rate of seepage through it in m3/hr/m
    width if H = 3 m and = 50.

    8. A high project requires construction of a compacted fill. The potential borrow areas are Site A
    and Site B. the in-place properties of the soil at these sites are as below:
    Site A Site B
    In-place void ratio 0.6 0.9
    In place water content, % 16 12
    The fill at the end of construction will have a total volume of 35000m3, unit weight of 19.62
    kN/m2, and a placement water content of 21%.
    Soil from either site is to be excavated and transported to the site with a capacity of 10m3.
    During excavation and placing of soil in truck the soil bulks in volume by 11%. At the site the
    required amount of water is added and compacted to the required extent using rollers.
    The cost of excavation of soil, its transportation, and its compaction excluding water charges is
    500 birr per truck for site A, and 182 birr per truck for site B. Water charges per truck is 324 birr.
    Specific gravity of solids is 2.7.
    Which of the two sites is more economical?

    Adama University Civil Eng’g Dep’t 2 Bahru M

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