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Solved Problems on Mass-Volume Relationships of Soils
Problem 1
Given
Weight of wet soil = W1 = 1870g
Volume of soil = Vt = 1000cm3 = 10cm x 10cm x 10cm
Weight of Oven dry soil = W2 = 1677g
Apparent specific gravity of soil solids, Gs = 2.66
Required
1. Dry bulk density, DBD
2. Wet bulk density, WBD
3. Apparent specific gravity of dry soil, Asgdry
4. Apparent specific gravity of wet soil, Asgwet
5. Soil wetness
a. Mass wetness, SMC(w/w)
b. Volume wetness, SMC(v/v)
6. Depth of water
7. Porosity of soil, n
8. Void ratio, e
9. Degree of Saturation, s
Solution
Weight of water, Ww = Weight of wet soil - weight of oven dry soil
= W1 -W2 = 1870g -1677g= 193g
Draw the block diagram of the soil.
Weight of air, Wa = 0
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Total weight of soil = WT = 1870g&Total volume of soil, VT = 1000cm3
a)
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Problem 2
A soil sample was taken with core sampler from a field when soil reached field capacity. The wet
soil/fresh core weighed 1113.14g & dry soil core weighed 980.57g. The inside diameter of the
core was 10cm and the length was 8cm. Determine Soil water content on weight basis (Mass
Wetness)&Soil water content on volume basis (volume wetness).
Given d=10cm
Diameter of Core Sampler , d= 10cm
Length of Core sampler , h= 8 cm
Wt. of wet soil /fresh core = 1113.14g
H=L=8cm
Wt. of oven dry soil core = 980.57g
Required
1) Soil water content on weight basis (Mass Wetness)
2) Soil water content on volume basis (volume wetness)
Solution
(1) Soil water content on weight basis, Mass wetness
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Problem 3
The volume of water present in a 395cm 3 soil core is
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1. After How many days will you supply water to soil in order to ensure sufficient irrigation of
the given crop, if
(i) Field Capacity of soil is =28%
(ii) Permanent wilting point = 13%
(iii) Density o f soil = 1.3gm/cm3
(iv) Effective depth of root zone = 70 cm
(v) Daily consumptive use of water by the given
Crop = 12mm = 12mm/day
Assume RAM = 80% of AM.
drz = 0.7m
Solution:-
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Given crop = wheat
FC = 27%
PWP = 13%
Depth, d = 80cm
Dry unit weight of soil =
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Height/Depth of soil sampling cylinder , h = 8.85 cm
Solution
The Process of computation of the required parameters are carried out as under.
i) Determination of weight of moist soil
Wt. of moist soil at FC = 539.94 - 24.94 = 515 gm
Wt. of dry soil at PWP = 479.89 - 24.84 = 455 gm
ii) Determination of weight of dry soil
Wt. of dry soil @ FC = 409.94 - 24.94 = 385gm
Wt. of dry soil @ PWP = 410.14 - 24.84 = 385.30 gm
iii) Volume of soil
Volume of soil = Volume of soil sampling cylinder
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