What is the new water content

Assignment Help Civil Engineering
Reference no: EM1383492

A soil sample with a water content of 14.5% and unit weight of 128.2 lb/cu. ft. was dried to a unit weight of 118.8 lb/cu. ft. without changing its void ratio. What is its new water content (in %)?

Reference no: EM1383492

Questions Cloud

Determine the value of po : Determine the value of Po, as a funciton of H, for these two investment alternatives to be equivalent at an interest rate of i=15% per year.
Create a matlab program and flowchart for temperatures : Create a MATLAB program and flowchart which will allow the user to input an unknown number of temperatures, each of which might be a temperature in Celsius, Fahrenheit, Kelvin, or Rankine, and will convert the user input temperature to each of the..
Runoff rate into the inlet grate : If the detention storage on the paved section is increasing at the rate of 60 m3/hr, what is the runoff rate into the inlet grate?
Calculating the force in a punch press : Calculate the force (in Kn) a punch press must exert if it is to punch out a large washer from a strip of 5-mm thick sheet steel with an ultimate shear strength of 400 MPa.
What is the new water content : A soil sample with a water content of 14.5% and unit weight of 128.2 lb/cu. ft. was dried to a unit weight of 118.8 lb/cu. ft. without changing its void ratio. What is its new water content (in %)?
Problem related to specific gravity of solids : A soil specimen has a water content of 18% and a wet unit weight of 118.5 lb/cu. ft. The specific gravity of solids is found to be 2.72. Find the:
Estimating the volume of soil in cubic meters : The void ratio of soil in the borrow pit is 1.12. Estimate the volume of soil (cubic meters) that must be excavated from the borrow pit.
Long cantilever beam of elastic modulus : A 45 kg machine is placed at the end of a 1.6 m long cantilever beam of elastic modulus 200 x 109 N/m and cross-sectional moment of inertia 1.6 x 10-5 m4.
Finding the gallons of mercury : How many gallons of mercury (sg=13.54) would weight the same as 5 gallons of castor oil which has a specific weight of 56.69 pcf?

Reviews

Write a Review

Civil Engineering Questions & Answers

  Mannering traffic and highway engineering

An approach to a pretimed signal with a 60 sec cycle has nine vehicles in the queue at the beginning of the effective green. Four of the nine vehicles in the queue are left over from the previous cycle.

  Overall gear reduction ratio

If the overall gear reduction ratio is 8 to 1, what is the maximum acceleration from rest (in ft/sec^2) for: a) the car with the base engine? b) car with the modified engine? Assume the car is on good dry pavement.

  Determining the crest and sag vertical curves

Determine, for the crest and sag vertical curves required, the stationing and elevation of the PVCs and PVTs given that the PVC of the crest curve(on westernmost level highway section) is at station 0+00 and elevation 100 ft.

  Highest point of the piping system

a) The maximum flow rate that can be achieved without cavitation occurring in the piping system. b) The maximum elevation of the highest point of the piping system to avoid cavitation.

  Constant head permeability test

A constant head permeability test was conducted on a clean sand sample. The diameter and length of the test specimen were 10 cm and 12 cm respectively.

  Probability of finding a bad rivet

Samples of 20 rivets for a steel structure are checked for quality every hour. The probability of finding a bad rivet that has to be scrapped is 1%.assume that x is the number of parts in the sample of 20 that have to be scrapped.

  Finding average time in system

If the time required to pay for parking is exponentially distributed with a mean of 15 seconds, find the average time in system.

  Four-lane highway for adequate ssd

A horizontal curve was designed for a four-lane highway for adequate SSD. Lane widths are 12 feet, and the superelevation is 0.06 and was set assuming maximum fx.

  Description of the soil characteristics

For each of the horizons, provide a description of the soil characteristics and briefly describe the environment where you would expect to find the horizon?

  Environmental impact regarding the construction of the dam

Draw A flow net. Show flow lines, flow Channels, and Equipotential lines. Using flow nets, please provide an estimate of seepage rate below the dam. Your submittal will provide the basis for an environmental impact statement regarding the construc..

  Expanded depth of the bed after the backwash

Find the expanded depth of the bed after the backwash when initial depth of the bed is 3 ft using given conditions. μ = 0.01g/cm/sec, T = 25oC, ρs = 2.65, ρ=1, washrate = 1.5 cm/sec, ks2 = 196. (Assumed single size)

  Question in structure analysis

Determine axial force and Max bending - Question in structure analysis

Free Assignment Quote

Assured A++ Grade

Get guaranteed satisfaction & time on delivery in every assignment order you paid with us! We ensure premium quality solution document along with free turntin report!

All rights reserved! Copyrights ©2019-2020 ExpertsMind IT Educational Pvt Ltd