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    The document provides 6 examples of soil mechanics problems involving calculations of properties such as dry unit weight, void ratio, porosity, degree of saturation, shrinkage limit, plasticity index, and moisture content. The examples involve using information such as specific gravity, moist unit weight, moisture content, volumes, masses before and after drying, liquid limit, and plastic limit to determine unknown soil properties.

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    EXAMPLE PROBLEMS

    Weight-Volume Relationship
    Plasticity and Structure of Soil
    EXAMPLE 2
    For a given soil, the following are known. Gs=2.74, moist unit weight =
    20.6kn/m³, and moisture content 16.6%, determine:
    a. Dry Unit weight
    b. void ratio
    c. porosity
    d. Degree of Saturation
    e. Weight of water in kN to be added per cubic meter of soil for a 100%
    degree of saturation
    EXAMPLE 3
    In its natural state, a moist soil has a volume of 9.34 x10-3m³ and weighs 177.6 x10-
    3
    kN. The oven-dried weight of the soil is 153.6 x 10-3 kN . If Gs =2.67 , calculate
    a. Moisture content (%)
    b. Moist unit weight (kN/m3)
    c. Dry unit weight (kN/m3)
    d. Void ratio
    e. Porosity
    f. Degree of saturation (%)
    EXAMPLE 4
    The porosity of a soil is 0.35 and Gs=2.69. Determine the following:
    a. saturated unit weight
    b. Bulk unit weight
    c. Moisture content when the moist unit weight is 17.5kN/m³.
    EXAMPLE 5

    Following are the results of a shrinkage limit test:


    Initial volume of soil in a saturated state _x0002_24.6 cm3
    Final volume of soil in a dry state _x0002_15.9 cm3
    Initial mass in a saturated state _x0002_44.0 g
    Final mass in a dry state _x0002_30.1 g
    Determine the shrinkage limit of the soil
    EXAMPLE 6
    A soil has a liquid limit of 61 and plastic limit of 30. A moisture content test performed on
    an undisturbed sample of this soil yielded to the following results:

    Mass of soil + can before placing oven ----------------------- 96.2g


    Mass of soil + can after removal from oven ----------------- 71.9 g
    Mass of can ---------------------------------------------------------- 20.8 g

    a. Compute the plasticity index


    b. Compute the moisture content
    c. Compute liquidity index

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