An embankment of `1,00,000 m^3` volume has to be constructed by compacting the soil brought from excavation site. After …
` 1.` A `50` cc volume of moist soil weights `95` gram. It's dry weight is `75` gram and the specific gravity of solid is `2.68`. Compute the water content, void ratio, Porosity, and unit weight.
`w=26.7%`
`e=0.79`
`n=44%`
`gamma=1.9 (gm)/(cm^3)`
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