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BANGAYAN, KIM ADRIAN V.
BSCE - CIV223
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NO. 3 CEGTEC30: GEOTECHNICAL
ENGINEERING SOIL COMPACTION
1. CALCULATE THE ZERO-AIR-VOID UNIT WEIGHTS (KN/ )

FOR A SOIL WITH GS = 2.68 AT MOISTURE CONTENTS OF
5, 10, 15, 20, AND 25%.
3. THE RESULTS OF A STANDARD PROCTOR TEST ARE
GIVEN IN THE FOLLOWING TABLE.
A. DETERMINE THE MAXIMUM DRY DENSITY (KG/M3) OF
COMPACTION AND THE OPTIMUM MOISTURE CONTENT.
GIVEN MOLD VOLUME = 943.3 CM
B. IF SPECIFICATION CALLS FOR 97% RELATIVE COMPACTION
IN THE FIELD, WHAT WOULD BE THE FIELD DRY DENSITY AND
THE RANGE OF ACCEPTABLE MOISTURE CONTENT?
4. THE IN SITU MOIST UNIT WEIGHT OF A SOIL IS 17.3 KN/M
AND THE MOISTURE CONTENT IS 16%. THE SPECIFIC GRAVITY
OF SOIL SOLIDS IS 2.72. THIS SOIL IS TO BE EXCAVATED AND
TRANSPORTED TO A CONSTRUCTION SITE FOR USE IN A
COMPACTED FILL. IF THE SPECIFICATION CALLS FOR THE
SOIL TO BE COMPACTED TO A MINIMUM DRY UNIT WEIGHT OF
18.1 KN/M AT THE SAME MOISTURE CONTENT OF 16%, HOW
MANY CUBIC METERS OF SOIL FROM THE EXCAVATION SITE
ARE NEEDED TO PRODUCE 2000 M OF COMPACTED FILL?
HOW MANY 20-TON TRUCKLOADS ARE NEEDED TO
TRANSPORT THE EXCAVATED SOIL?
5. THE MAXIMUM AND MINIMUM DRY UNIT WEIGHTS OF A
SAND WERE DETERMINED IN THE LABORATORY TO BE 18.9
AND 15.5 KN/M, RESPECTIVELY. WHAT IS THE RELATIVE
COMPACTION IN THE FIELD IF THE RELATIVE DENSITY IS 75%?
6. THE RELATIVE COMPACTION OF A SAND IN THE FIELD IS 88%.
THE MAXIMUM AND MINIMUM DRY UNIT WEIGHTS OF THE
SAND ARE 18.55 KN/M AND 15.41 KN/M, RESPECTIVELY.
DETERMINE:
A. DRY UNIT WEIGHT IN THE FIELD
B. RELATIVE DENSITY OF COMPACTION
C. MOIST UNIT WEIGHT AT A MOISTURE CONTENT OF 13%
7. FOLLOWING ARE THE RESULTS OF A FIELD UNIT WEIGHT
DETERMINATION TEST PERFORMED BY MEANS OF THE SAND
CONE METHOD:
• CALIBRATED DRY DENSITY OF OTTAWA SAND = 1731 KG/M3
• MASS OF OTTAWA SAND TO FILL THE CONE = 0.118 KG
• MASS OF JAR + CONE + SAND (BEFORE USE) = 6.08 KG
• MASS OF JAR + CONE + SAND (AFTER USE) = 2.86 KG
• MASS OF MOIST SOIL FROM HOLE = 3.34 KG
• MOISTURE CONTENT OF MOIST SOIL
= 12.1% DETERMINE:
A. DRY DENSITY OF COMPACTION IN THE FIELD.
B. RELATIVE COMPACTION IN THE FIELD IF THE TEST DATA
IN PROBLEM 3 REPRESENT THE SAME SOIL AS IN THE
FIELD.
2. THE RESULTS OF A STANDARD PROCTOR TEST ARE
GIVEN IN THE FOLLOWING TABLE.
A. DETERMINE THE MAXIMUM DRY UNIT WEIGHT OF
COMPACTION AND THE OPTIMUM MOISTURE CONTENT.
GIVEN: MOLD VOLUME = 943.3 CM
B. DETERMINE THE VOID RATIO AND THE DEGREE OF
SATURATION AT THE OPTIMUM MOISTURE CONTENT.
GIVEN: GS = 2.68.
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ENGINEERING PERMEABILITY AND
SEEPAGE
1. A PERMEABLE SOIL LAYER IS UNDERLAIN BY AN IMPERVIOUS

LAYER AS SHOWN IN THE FIGURE. KNOWING THAT K = 4.8 X
10 ³CM/SEC FOR THE PERMEABLE LAYER, CALCULATE THE
RATE OF SEEPAGE THROUGH THIS LAYER IN M3/HR/M WIDTH.
GIVEN: H = 4.2 M AND 𝛼 = 6°.
2. THE RESULTS OF A CONSTANT-HEAD PERMEABILITY TEST
FOR A FINE SAND SAMPLE HAVING A DIAMETER OF 150 MM
AND A LENGTH OF 300 MM ARE AS FOLLOWS:
• CONSTANT-HEAD DIFFERENCE = 500 MM
• WATER COLLECTED IN 5 MIN = 350 CM³
• VOID RATIO OF SAND =
0.61 DETERMINE:
A. HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY, K (CM/SEC)
B. SEEPAGE VELOCITY
3. THE FOLLOWING DATA ARE FOR A FALLING-HEAD
PERMEABILITY TEST:
• LENGTH OF THE SOIL SAMPLE = 150 MM
• AREA OF THE SOIL SAMPLE = 1964 MM²
• AREA OF THE STANDPIPE = 25 MM²
• AT TIME T = 0, HEAD DIFFERENCE = 400 MM
• AT TIME T = 8 MIN, HEAD DIFFERENCE = 200 MM
A. DETERMINE THE HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY OF THE SOIL
(CM/SEC).
B. WHAT WAS THE HEAD DIFFERENCE AT T = 6 MIN?
4. THE HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY OF A SANDY SOIL IS 0.009
CM/SEC AT A ROOM TEMPERATURE OF 28°C. WHAT WOULD
BE THE COEFFICIENT OF PERMEABILITY AT 20°C? PLEASE
REFER TO THIS FORMULA.
5. FOR A NORMALLY CONSOLIDATED CLAY, THE FOLLOWING
VALUES ARE GIVEN:
6. THE FIGURE SHOWS THE CROSS SECTION OF A LEVEE
THAT IS 500 M LONG AND IS UNDERLAIN BY A 2-M-THICK
PERMEABLE SAND LAYER. IT WAS OBSERVED THAT THE
QUANTITY OF WATER FLOWING THROUGH THE SAND LAYER
INTO THE COLLECTION DITCH IS 250 M³/DAY. WHAT IS THE
HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY OF THE SAND LAYER?
7. THE SOIL BELOW IS A DENSE WELL-GRADED CLAYEY SAND WITH ΓD = 112
PCF AND GS = 2.63, A PERMEABILITY K = 240 MM/MIN AT A VOID RATIO OF E
= 0.85; THE CROSS-SECTIONAL AREA OF THE TANK IS 36 FT²
A. WHAT IS THE HYDRAULIC GRADIENT OF THE SOIL SAMPLE?
B. WHAT IS THE HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY OF THE SOIL SAMPLE IN
FT/MIN?
C. WHAT IS THE SEEPAGE RATE, Q IN FT³/MIN?
D. WHAT IS THE DIRECTION OF THE FLOW?
8. A WELL DIAMETER 30 CM FULL PENETRATED A CONFINED
AQUIFER OF 25 M THICK. AFTER A LONG PERIOD OF PUMPING
AT A STEADY STATE, THE OBSERVATIONS DRAWDOWN TAKEN
AT 25 M AND 75 M DISTANCES FROM THE CENTER OF THE
MAIN WELL ARE FOUND TO BE 5M AND 1.5 M, RESPECTIVELY. IF
THE COEFFICIENT OF PERMEABILITY OF THE AQUIFER IS 12
M/DAY, THE STEADY STATE DISCHARGE FROM THE MAIN WELL
IS EQUAL TO?
CHRISTELLE K.
MARTINEZ BSCE - CIV223

ENGINEERING VERTICAL
STRESSES IN SOILS
1. CONSIDER THE SOIL PROFILE SHOWN IN THE FIGURE:

A. CALCULATE THE VARIATIONS OF 𝜎, U, AND 𝜎’ AT POINTS A, B,
AND C.
B. HOW HIGH SHOULD THE GROUNDWATER TABLE RISE SO
THAT THE EFFECTIVE STRESS AT C IS 111/M²?
2. AN EXPLORATORY DRILL HOLE WAS MADE IN A STIFF
SATURATED CLAY HAVING A MOISTURE CONTENT OF 29% AND
GS = 2.68. THE SAND LAYER UNDERLYING THE CLAY WAS
OBSERVED TO BE UNDER ARTESIAN PRESSURE. WATER IN
THE DRILL HOLE ROSE TO A HEIGHT OF 6 M ABOVE THE TOP OF
SAND LAYER. IF AN OPEN EXCAVATION IS TO BE MADE IN THE
CLAY, DETERMINE THE SAFE DEPTH OF EXCAVATION BEFORE
THE BOTTOM HEAVES.
3. REFER TO THE FIGURE BELOW IN WHICH UPWARD SEEPAGE
IS TAKING PLACE THROUGH A GRANULAR SOIL CONTAINED IN
A TANK. GIVEN: H1 = 1.5 M; H2 = 2.5 M; H = 1.5 M; AREA OF THE
TANK = 0.62 M2; VOID RATIO OF THE SOIL, E = 0.49; GS = 2.66;
AND HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY OF THE SAND K =
0.21 CM/SEC.
A. WHAT IS THE RATE OF UPWARD SEEPAGE?
B. WILL BOILING OCCUR WHEN H = 1.5 M? EXPLAIN.
C. WHAT WOULD BE THE CRITICAL VALUE OF H TO CAUSE
BOILING?
4. THE FIGURE SHOWS THE ZONE OF CAPILLARY RISE WITHIN A
CLAY LAYER ABOVE THE GROUNDWATER TABLE. THE
FOLLOWING DATA ARE GIVEN: H1 =
3.05 M, H2 = 2.43 M, H3 = 4.88 M, S IN CAPILLARY RISE ZONE =
40%. FOR THE FOLLOWING VARIABLES, CALCULATE AND PLOT
𝜎, U, AND 𝜎’ WITH DEPTH.

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BANGAYAN, KIM ADRIAN V.

END OF MODULE ASSESSMENT

1. CALCULATE THE ZERO-AIR-VOID UNIT WEIGHTS (KN/ )

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1. A PERMEABLE SOIL LAYER IS UNDERLAIN BY AN IMPERVIOUS

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1. CONSIDER THE SOIL PROFILE SHOWN IN THE FIGURE:

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