1. Given below are the tabulated results in the field compaction test.
A. Unit weight determination:
TEST NO. 1 2 3 4 5
Wt. of mold + compacted 5.85 kg 6.15 kg 6.25 kg 6.05 kg 5.95 kg
soil
Wt. of mold 4.15 kg 4.15 kg 4.15 kg 4.15 kg 4.15 kg
Volume of mold 0.00093 m3 0.00093 m3 0.00093 m3 0.00093 m3 0.00093m3
B. Water content determination:
TEST NO. 1 2 3 4 5
Wt. of container + Wet soil 42.4 g 42.1 g 40.3 g 52.7 g 56.2 g
Wt. of container + Dry soil 40.9 g 39.9 g 37.1 g 47.0 g 48.8 g
Wt. of container 14.5 g 14.6 g 13.7 g 12.9 g 14.0 g
a) Compute the maximum dry unit weight in KN/m3.
b) Compute the optimum water content.
c) Compute the degree of saturation at the optimum moisture content. If the specific gravity of soil
is 2.75.
2. A sand cone test has been performed in a compacted fill performed on a soil sample. The test
results were as follows:
Initial mass of sand cone apparatus with sand = 5.92 kg
Final mass of sand cone apparatus with sand = 2.41kg
Mass of soil recovered from hole = 2.89 kg
Moisture content of soil from hole = 6.5%
Density of sand = 1350 kg/m3
Volume of cone below valve = 1.114 x 10-3 m3
Max. dry unit weight = 19 kN/m3
a) Compute the moist unit weight.
b) Compute the dry unit weight.
c) Compute the relative compaction.
3. A falling-head permeability test was run on a soil sample 9.6 cm in diameter and 10 cm long. The
head at the start of the test was 90 cm. The soil's coefficient of permeability was found to be 5 x
10 -6 cm/s. The diameter of the standpipe was 1 cm.
a. Determine the flow at the start of the test, in cm3/hr.
b. Determine how much head was lost during the first 20 min.
c. Determine the flow after 20 mins., in cm3/hr
4. A permeability pumping test was carried out in a confined aquifer with the piezometric level
pumping is 2.18 m. below the ground surface. The aquiclude (impermeable layer) has a thickness
of 5.7 m measured from the ground surface and the confined aquifer is 7.6 m deep until it reaches
the aquiclude (impermeable layer) at the bottom. At a steady pumping rate of 15.6 m3/hr the
drawdown in the observation wells were respectively equal to 1.62 m. and 0.47 m. The
observation wells' distances from the test well's center were 15 m and 32 m, respectively.
a) Compute the depth of water at the farthest observation well.
b) Compute the coefficient of permeability.
