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Prelim Examination 1st Sem AY 2015-2016
Soil Mechanics
Directions: Solve the following questions carefully. Provide a clear and organized solution (if needed) on the space provided. AVOID ERASURES. You are not allowed to
look at your classmates paper at any cost; else, you will fail the course. Round off answer/s to two (2) decimal places only.
I.
II.
Computation:
Situation 1. For s given soil, the following are given: Gs = 2.67; moist unit
weight = 17.61 kN/m3, moisture content = 10.8%. Determine:
16. Dry unit weight
17. Void ratio
18. Porosity
19. Degree of saturation
No. 4
No. 19
No. 40
No. 200
Liquid Limit
23
24
25
26
80
94
90
100
72
80
88
100
62
51
76
96
38
15
68
72
28
26
46
58
Plasticit
y Index
10
12
21
23
Situation 4. Classify the following according the USCS. Give the group symbol
and group names:
Soil
No 4
No 200
LL
PL
Cu
Cc
27
90
8
39
31
3.9
2.1
28
99
57
54
28
----29
88
78
69
31
----30
71
11
32
16
4.8
2.9
US sieve
no.
4
10
20
40
60
80
100
200
Pan
Opening
4.75
2.00
0.85
0.425
0.25
0.18
0.15
0.075
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Mass of soil
retained on each
sieve (g)
0
44
56
82
51
106
92
85
35
Item
Numbe
r
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
Answer
Item
Numbe
r
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
Answer