Civil Engineering - Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering - Discussion

Discussion Forum : Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering - Section 5 (Q.No. 34)
34.
An unsaturated 100 cm3 sample of soil weighs 190 g. If its dried weight is 160 g, water content of the soil, is
0.188
0.288
0.388
0.488
0.588
Answer: Option
Explanation:
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Shubham Narayankar said:   4 years ago
Can we solve from the dry unit wt formula?

Yd = Y/1+w.
w = (190 / 160) - 1.
w = 0.1875.
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A.D said:   4 years ago
Thanks for explaining @Mayuri.
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Ak maurya said:   5 years ago
Thanks all.
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Nurul said:   5 years ago
Thanks @Krish.

Mayuri said:   10 years ago
Weight of water = 190-160 = 30 gms.

So water content = 30/160 = 1.1875 = 0.1875 = 0.188.
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Priyanka suryavanshi said:   1 decade ago
Total weight of soil - Dry weight wt of soil/Dry weight.

190-160/160 = 0.1875.
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Krishhh said:   1 decade ago
Bulk Density = Weight/Volume = 190/100 = 1.9g/cc.
Dry Density = Weight of solids/ Volume = 160/100 = 1.6g/cc.

Dry density = Bulk density/ (1+water content).

Water content = (1.9/1.6)-1.
Water content = 0.188 = 18.8%.
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