phase relationships

A clayey soil has a moisture content of $18 \%$, a specific gravity of soil solids of 2.74 , and a degree of saturation of $65 \%$. The soil soaks up water during a rain event, and...

An embankment is constructed with soil by maintaining the degree of saturation as 75% during compaction. The specific gravity of soil is 2.68 and the moisture content is 17% during...

The specific gravity of a soil is 2.60. The soil is at 50% degree of saturation with a water content of 15%. The void ratio of the soil is _______.

An uncompacted heap of soil has a volume of 10000 m 3 and void ratio of 1. If the soil is compacted to a volume of 7500 m 3 , then the corresponding void ratio of the compacted soi...

The porosity (n) and the degree of saturation (S) of a soil sample are 0.7 and 40%, respectively. In a 100 $$m^3$$ volume of the soil, the volume (expressed in $$m^3$$) of air is _...

If the water content of a fully saturated soil mass is 100%, the void ratio of the sample is

A 588 $$cm^3$$ volume of moist sand weighs 1010 gm. Its dry weight is 918 gm and specific gravity of solids, G is 2.67. Assuming density of water as 1 gm/$$cm^3$$, the void ratio i...

A certain soil has the following properties: G s = 2.71, n = 40% and w = 20%. The degree of saturation of the soil (rounded off to the nearest percent) is _________

In its natural condition, a soil sample has a mass of 1.980 kg and a volume of 0.001 m 3 . After being completely dried in an oven, the mass of the sample is 1.800 kg. Specific gra...

The water content of a saturated soil and the specific gravity of soil solids were found to be 30% and 2.70, respectively. Assuming the unit weight of water to be 10 $$kN /m^3$$, t...

A soil sample has a void ratio of 0.5 and its porosity will be closed to

A borrow pit soil has a dry density of 17 kN/m 3 . How many cubic meters of this soils will be required to construct an embankment of 100 m 3 volume with a dry density of 16 kN/m 3...

Principle involved in the relationship between submerged unit weight and saturated weight of a soil is based on

If the porosity of a soil sample is 20%, the void ratio is

Which one of the following relations is not correct?

The void ratio of a soil sample is 1. The corresponding porosity of the sample is _______.

A saturated sand sample has dry unit weight of 18 $$kN/m^3$$ and a specific gravity of 2.65. If $$\gamma_w$$ = 10 $$kN/m^3$$, the water content of the soil is _____%.