void ratio

For a partially saturated soil deposit at a construction site, water content (w) is 15%, degree of saturation (S) is 67%, void ratio (e) is 0.6 and specific gravity of solids in th...

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...

For a partially saturated soil deposit at a construction site, water content $(w)$ is $15 \%$, degree of saturation ( S ) is $67 \%$, void ratio ( e ) is 0.6 and specific gravity o...

A homogeneous earth dam has a maximum water head difference of 15 m between the upstream and downstream sides. A flownet was drawn with the number of potential drops as 10 and the...

The in-situ percentage of voids of a sand deposit is 50%. The maximum and minimum densities of sand determined from the laboratory tests are 1.8 g/cm³ and 1.3 g/cm³, respectively....

A homogeneous earth dam has a maximum water head difference of 15 m between the upstream and downstream sides. A flownet was drawn with the number of potential drops as 10 and the...

The in-situ percentage of voids of a sand deposit is 50%. The maximum and minimum densities of sand determined from the laboratory tests are 1.8 g/cm 3 and 1.3 g/cm 3 , respectivel...

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 _________.

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 m³ and void ratio of 1. If the soil is compacted to a volume of 7500 m³, then the corresponding void ratio of the compacted soil i...

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 void ratio of a clay soil sample M decreased from 0.575 to 0.510 when the applied pressure is increased from 120 kPa to 180 kPa. For the same increment in pressure, the void ra...

The compression curve (void ratio, e vs. effective stress, σν') for a certain clayey soil is a straight line in a semi-logarithmic plot and it passes through the points (e = 1.2; σ...

The void ratio of a soil is 0.55 at an effective normal stress of 140 kPa. The compression index of the soil is 0.25. In order to reduce the void ratio to 0.4, an increase in the m...

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...

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

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 can exceed unity.

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

For sand of uniform spherical particles, the void ratio in the loosest and the densest states are ________ and ________ respectively.