Civil Engineering - Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering - Discussion

Discussion Forum : Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering - Section 1 (Q.No. 19)
19.
A compacted soil sample using 10% moisture content has a weight of 200 g and mass unit weight of 2.0 g/cm3. If the specific gravity of soil particles and water are 2.7 and 1.0, the degree of saturation of the soil is
11.1%
55.6%
69.6%
none of these.
Answer: Option
Explanation:
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Discussion:
27 comments Page 3 of 3.

Paris said:   10 years ago
Option B is right refer 1st solution.

Anik said:   7 years ago
Very well explained, Thanks @Ujjval.

Bhaskar said:   8 years ago
Great explanation @Sayandip Basak.

Rahul dangwal said:   7 years ago
Yd = (1+GYw)÷(1+wG÷Sr).

Mostafa said:   6 years ago
Thanks @Gilbert Khakhlari.

Erifi said:   8 years ago
Yeah, I also got 55.6.

Hasnain malik said:   7 years ago
B is the answer.


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