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Student Number: ___________________________________________ 2nd quarter | 2018-2019 | Engr. CHENNIE CARISSA A. CAJA
HOMEWORK 02
SOIL PHASE RELATIONSHIPS
Answer the following problems. Write your solutions on short bond papers and box your final answer.
3. When the moisture content of a soil is 26%, 10. In a construction project, the field moist unit
the degree of saturation is 72%, and the moist weight was 18.08 kN/m3 at a moisture content
unit weight is 16.98 kN/m3, determine the of 8%. If maximum and minimum dry unit
following: weight determined in the laboratory were
a. specific gravity of soil solids 16.93 kN/m3 and 14.46 kN/m3, respectively,
b. void ratio what was the field relative density?
c. saturated unit weight
HOMEWORK 02
INDEX PROPERTIES OF SOILS
Answer the following problems. Write your solutions on short bond papers and box your final answer.
HOMEWORK 02
SOIL CLASSIFICATION SCHEMES
Answer the following problems. Write your solutions on short bond papers and box your final answer.
1. Classify the following soil using the U.S. For this soil, LL=23 and PL=19. Classify the soil by
Department of Agriculture textural classification using:
chart. a. AASHTO soil classification
b. Unified soil classification system
Particle- Soil
Size Give group names and group symbols.
distribution A B
(%)
Gravel 10 0 4. A sample of inorganic soil has the following grain
Sand 20 18 size characteristics:
Silt 41 24
Clay 29 58 Size (mm) Percent passing
2.0 (No. 10) 95
0.075 (No. 200) 75
2. The result of the sieve analysis is shown below:
The liquid limit is 56 percent and the plasticity
Mass Cumulat Perce index is 25 percent. Classify the soil according to
Sieve Diamet
Retained ive Mass nt
No. er (mm) AASHTO classification system.
(grams) Retained Finer
4 4.76 25
8 2.38 80
10 2.00 110 5. For a large project, a soil investigation was carried
20 0.84 160 out. Grain-size analysis carried out on the samples
40 0.42 180 gave the following test results:
60 0.25 220
80 0.180 380
100 0.149 590 Percent
Sieve No.
200 0.074 110 finer
Pan 85 4 96
10 60
20 18
a. What percentage of the soil is retained in 40 12
No. 200 sieve? 60 7
b. What is the effective grain size of the soil 100 4
in mm? 200 2
c. Determine the uniformity coefficient.
Classify the soil by using the Unified Soil
Classification System assuming the soil is
3. For an inorganic soil, the following grain-size nonplastic.
analysis is given.
HOMEWORK 02
SOIL CLASSIFICATION SCHEMES
USDA Classification
Name: ______________________________________________________ CE161P GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING (SOIL MECHANICS)
Student Number: ___________________________________________ 2nd quarter | 2018-2019 | Engr. CHENNIE CARISSA A. CAJA
HOMEWORK 02
SOIL CLASSIFICATION SCHEMES
*For A-7-5, PI ≤ LL – 30
*For A-7-6, PI > LL – 30