Civil Engineering - Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering - Discussion
Discussion Forum : Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering - Section 3 (Q.No. 15)
15.
If dry density, water density and specific gravity of solids of a given soil sample are 1.6 g/cc, 1.84 g/cc and 2.56 respectively, the porosity of the soil sample, is
Discussion:
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Aman said:
6 years ago
Answer is 0.65 by taking the value of unit water.
Satendra said:
8 years ago
@Raval Chaitanya.
How water content get .15?
How water content get .15?
Leo said:
8 years ago
The answer must be o.65 by using this data.
Saurabh gupta said:
6 years ago
Here, the water density should be 1g/cc.
N SAMEER GUPTA said:
10 years ago
You calculated void ratio not porosity.
Pkota said:
5 years ago
Agree @Abhik,
The answer will be 0.66.
The answer will be 0.66.
(5)
Ranganath said:
2 years ago
I too agree the answer will be 0.66.
The flash said:
4 years ago
How you got .375? Please explain.
(1)
Priyabrata said:
7 years ago
Thanks @S. Rajashekar Reddy.
Ramnik said:
8 years ago
Here, Yd= G*Yw*(1-n).
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