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Earth Fill Soil Requirements Analysis

This document contains information about 5 situations involving geotechnical calculations. Situation 1 provides properties of a saturated soil including specific gravity, porosity, and submerged unit weight. Situation 2 gives compaction test results for sand and calculates dry unit weight, relative density, and moist unit weight. Situation 3 determines volumes needed for an earth fill project. Situation 4 uses a sand replacement test to find dry density of natural soil. Situation 5 evaluates backfill material properties including suitability number, rating, and sorting coefficient.

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Earth Fill Soil Requirements Analysis

This document contains information about 5 situations involving geotechnical calculations. Situation 1 provides properties of a saturated soil including specific gravity, porosity, and submerged unit weight. Situation 2 gives compaction test results for sand and calculates dry unit weight, relative density, and moist unit weight. Situation 3 determines volumes needed for an earth fill project. Situation 4 uses a sand replacement test to find dry density of natural soil. Situation 5 evaluates backfill material properties including suitability number, rating, and sorting coefficient.

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---- GEOTECH -----

Situation 1.
A saturated soil has a unit weight of 18.85 kN/m3 and water content of 32%. Determine the
following:
1. Specific gravity of solid (2.725)
2. Porosity (0.466)
3. Submerged unit weight (9.04)

Situation 2.
The relative compaction of sand in the field is 94%. The maximum and minimum dry unit
weights of the sand are 16.2 kN/m3 and 14.9 kN/m3 respectively. For the field condition
determine the following:
4. Dry unit weight (15.23)
5. Relative density of compaction (27%)
6. Moist unit weight at moisture content of 8% (16.45)

Situation 3.
A proposed earth fill needs 30,000 m3 of soil and be compacted to 95% of Standard Proctor dry
density. Tests indicate that the max dry density is 19.4 kN/m3 at an optimum water content of
16%. The borrow material in its natural condition has a unit weight of 17.6 kN/m3 and water
content of 12%. Determine the following:
7. Total volume of borrow required (35,194)
8. Volume of void of borrow material if Gs = 2.671 (14,077)
9. Quantity of water to be added to bring the soil to the optimum moisture content. (2254)

Situation 4.
The following observations were recorded when sand replacement test was conducted using
sand-cone equipment in order to find the density of natural soil. Density of sand used in the test
= 1.4 g/cm3 Weight of soil excavated from the pit = 950 grams Weight of sand filling the pit =
700 grams Water content of natural soil = 15% Specific gravity of solid = 2.70
10. Compute the dry density of soil in g/cm3 (1.65)

Situation 5.
The following are the details for the backfill material in a vibroflotation project.
D10 = 0.36 mm
D20 = 0.52 mm
D25 = 0.60 mm
D50 = 1.42 mm
D75 = 1.65 mm
Determine the following:
11. Suitability number (6.11)
12. Rating based on the value of suitability number (Excellent)
13. Sorting coefficient (1.66)

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