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Exercises Compaction

The document presents data from compaction tests on soil with varying water content, identifying the optimum moisture content as 13.8% with a maximum dry unit weight of 17.24 KN/m3. It also calculates zero-air void dry densities for each water content and discusses the density index of a sand deposit with a void percentage of 35%, concluding that the soil is not suitable for construction. The specific gravity of the soil and sand particles is provided, along with the necessary calculations for determining densities.

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Exercises Compaction

The document presents data from compaction tests on soil with varying water content, identifying the optimum moisture content as 13.8% with a maximum dry unit weight of 17.24 KN/m3. It also calculates zero-air void dry densities for each water content and discusses the density index of a sand deposit with a void percentage of 35%, concluding that the soil is not suitable for construction. The specific gravity of the soil and sand particles is provided, along with the necessary calculations for determining densities.

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Exercises

If the mass of each mould is assumed to be 1000g. The recorded data during compaction tests
are as follow:
Water content (%) 8.5 12.2 13.8 16.5 18.2 20.2
Mass of compacted soil+ Mass of 2800 2940 3000 3040 3030 2980
mould (g)
If the specific gravity of the soil is 2.6 and volume of the mould is 103cm3
a) Among above water contents which one can be optimum water content?
Determine its corresponding dry unit weight and its corresponding curve.
b) Determine zero-air void dry density for each water content in above table and draw
c) a zero air void line.

Solution
iii) Given: specific gravity (Gs) of the soil=2.6
Volume of mould =1000cm3
Water Mass of compacted W γ bulk
content(m) in % soil (g) 1+m γ bulk  = γ dry =
V =(Total mass /total 1 +m (KN/m3)
volume =1000cm3)x gravity
acceleration =9.81 [ KN/m3]
8.5 1800 1.085 17.658 16.3
12.2 1940 1.122 19.0314 16.96
13.8 2000 1.138 19.62 17.24
16.5 2040 1.165 20.01 17.17
18.2 2030 1.182 19.91 16.84
20.2 1980 1.202 19.42 16.15
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γ γ
Where: bulk is bulk unit weight and dry is dry unit weight
a) The optimum moisture content is 13.8% which is corresponding to the maximum dry unity
weight of 17.24 KN/m3.
/3mrks
b) If the soil were to contain a constant %, A, of voids containing air, the relationship between
the dry unit weight of the soil and moisture content is as follows:

, for the condition of Zero-air voids dry density, the above

equation becomes:
γ dry  =
[ Gs  γ w
Gs  m + 1 ] ,hence:

Gs  γ w (KN/m3) Gs  m + 1


[ ]
Water content(m) in% Gs  γ w
γ dry  =
Gs  m + 1
(KN/
m3)
8.5 25.506 1.221 20.889
12.2 25.506 1.317 19.36
13.8 25.506 1.358 18.77
16.5 25.506 1.429 17.85
18.2 25.506 1.473 17.31
20.2 25.506 1.525 16.72
/7mrks
Qeuestion-2

The in situ percentage voids of a sand deposit is 35%. For determining the density index, dried sand
from stratum was first filled loosely in a 1000cm3 mould and was then vibrated to give a maximum
density. The loose dry mass in the mould was 1620g and the dense dry mass at maximum compaction
was found to be 2000g. Determine the density index if the specific gravity of sand particles is 2.65.
Predict if the soil is acceptable for construction. /10mrks

Relative density determination

Given data: n =35% =0.35

It is not good for construction

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