GTE Micro Project 4th Sem
GTE Micro Project 4th Sem
GTE Micro Project 4th Sem
Select a soil sample from given on which contains more clay particle has greater
saturated unit weight, has a greater dry unit weight, has a greater void ratio.
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1.0 Brief introduction :-
SOIL
In engineer language mixture of mineral and rock, derived from chemical and
mechanical weathering of rock is known as soil.
Select a soil sample from given on which contains more clay particle has greater saturated
unit weight, has a greater dry unit weight, has a greater void ratio.
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4.0 Resources required:-
Sr. Name of Specification Quantity Remark
No. resource/material
1 Soil sample 2000gm - -
2 pan - 1 -
3 Water 200ml - -
4 Refrene book Prof. Nishant Upadhye -
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PART B
Select a soil sample from given on which contains more clay particle has greater
saturated unit weight, has a greater dry unit weight, has a greater void ratio.
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1.0 Brief Description:-
In natural soil the three phases are intermixed. To aid analysis it is convenient to consider a
soil model in which the three phases are seen as separate but still in their correct proportion.
This is due to considering different weights such as weight of only soil solids, weight of soil
solid, and water etc. and also due to different volume.
It is defined as weight of soil solid (Ws) per unit total volume of the soil mass (V).
𝑾𝒔
Thus, 𝜸=
𝑽
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Saturated unit weight:-
It is defined as weight of fully saturated soil (Wsat) per unit volume of that fully saturated soil
mass (Vs).
𝑾𝒔𝒂𝒕
Thus, 𝜸𝒔𝒂𝒕 = 𝑽𝒔
Void ratio:-
The ratio of volume of void (Vv=Va+Vw) to the total volume (V) of the solids called as void
ratio.
𝑽𝒂+𝑽𝒘
Thus, 𝓮 = 𝑽𝒔
The void ratio is generally expressed as a decimal fraction.
Select a soil sample from given on which contains more clay particle has greater saturated
unit weight, has a greater dry unit weight, has a greater void ratio.
Compute optimum value for moisture content for maximum dry density of soil
through various tests.
take about 2kg of de-aired soil passing through sieve 20mm in tray.
Add about 4% water to the soil and mix thoroughly with trowel and cover it mixing of water
with soil
Fix the mould to the base plate with the help of wing nuts, place collar on the mould.
To determine the proctor density till the soil in mould in three equal layer 25 blows to each
layer using standard hammer.
Collect the sample from middle of the mould for water cotent determination.
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6.0 Actual Resources Used:-
Calculate,
1) Void ratio
2) Dry unit weight
3) Saturated unit weight
1) Void ratio
𝓷
𝓮 = 𝟏−𝓷
𝓮 = void ratio
𝓃 = porosity
35
𝓃 = 100
𝟑𝟓
𝟏𝟎𝟎
𝓮= 𝟑𝟓 = 𝟎. 𝟓𝟑𝟖
𝟏−
𝟏𝟎𝟎
𝓮 = 𝟎. 𝟓𝟑𝟖
𝛄 𝐆𝐲𝐰
𝐝 =
𝟏+𝓮
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𝛄 𝟐.𝟕 𝒈
𝐝 = =𝟏.𝟕𝟓𝟓 ⁄ 𝟑
𝟏.𝟓𝟑𝟖 𝒄𝒎
𝜸𝒔𝒂𝒕 = (𝑮+𝒆)𝜸𝒘
𝟏+𝒆
𝛄 𝟐.𝟕+𝟎.𝟓𝟑𝟖 𝐠
𝐬𝐚𝐭 = =𝟐.𝟏𝟎𝟓 ⁄ 𝟑
𝟏.𝟓𝟑𝟖 𝐜𝐦
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