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draw the variation in total stress effective stress and pour water pres- sure up to a depth of 6 m below ground level given the following data the
an unconfined aquifer is called to be 32 m thick below the water table a constant discharge of 2 cubic metres per minute is pumped out of the aquifer
a sample in a variable head permeameter is 8 cm in diameter and 10 cm high the permeability of the sample is estimated to be 10 times 10-4 cms if it
determine the nature of the soila glass cylinder 5 cm internal diameter and with a screen at the bottom was used as a falling head permeameter the
the discharge of water collected from a constant head permeameter in a period of 15 minutes is 500 ml the internal diameter of the permeameter is 5
how do you distinguish among clay and silt in the field state the purpose of identification and categorization of soils list any three significant
draw neatly the is plasticity chart and label the symbol of several soilswhat are the limits of any soil classification systemexplain the following
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a certain soil has 99 by weight finer than 1 mm 80 finer than 01 mm 25 finer than 001 mm 8 finer than 0001 mm draw the grain-size distribution curve
the oven-dry weight of a pat of clay is 117 n and the weight of mercury displaced by it is 0855 n suppose the specific gravity of solids as 271
the atterberg limits of a clay soil are liquid limit 63 plastic limit 40 and shrinkage limit 27 if a sample of this soil has a volume of 10 cm3 at
the liquid limit and plastic limit of clay are 100 and 25 respectively from a hydrometer analysis it has been found that the clay soil having of 50
the plastic limit and liquid limit of a soil are 33 and 45 respectively the percentage volume change from the liquid limit to the dry state is 36 of
an oven-dry soil sample of volume 225 cm3 weighs 390 n if the grain specific gravity is 272 determine the void-ratio and shrinkage limit what will be
a soil has a plastic limit of 25 and a plasticity index of 30 if the natural water content of the soil is 34 what is the liquidity index and what is
the liquid limit of a clay soil is 56 and its plasticity index is 15 a name the state of consistency is this material at a water content of 45 b
in a hydrometer analysis the corrected hydrometer reading in a 1000 ml uniform soil suspension at the start of sedimentation was 28 after a lapse of
in a pipette analysis 05 n of dry soil fine fraction of specific gravity 272 were mixed in water to form half a litre of uniform suspension a
a soil sample consists of particles ranging in size from 06 mm to 002 mm the average exact gravity of the particles is 266 verify the time of
a soil sample with a grain specific gravity of 267 was filled in a 1000 ml container in the loosest possible state and the dry weight of the sample
verify the grain specific gravityin a specific gravity test the weight of the dry soil taken is 066 n the weight of the pyknometer filled with this
a clay sample having its natural moisture content weighs 0333 n the specific gravity of solids of this soil is 270 after oven-drying the soil sample
a partially saturated soil from an earth fill has a natural water content of 19 and a bulk unit weight of 1933 knm3 suppose the specific gravity of
a explain the soil texture and soil structure what are the various terms used to explain the above properties of the soilb a clay sample having
derive the relation among void ratio e specific gravity of particles g and moisture content at full saturation wa certain sample of saturated soil in