Sit.1. A soil sample having a mass of 1 800 + 3n grams Sit. 2. For a given soil, the following are known.

Gs =
and a volume of 0.001+0.0001n m3 was taken from the 2.50+ n/100, moist unit weight = 20 +n/100 kN/m3 and
field. It has a moisture content 12%. The density of the moisture content of 16 + n/100%. Determine the
solid particles was found to be 2 500 + 3n kg/m3. following:
Determine the following:
a. Dry unit weight
a. Dry density b. Void ratio
b. Void ratio c. Porosity
c. Degree of saturation of the soil sample d. Degree of saturation
Sit. 3. The total density of sand in an embankment was Sit. 4. The moist weight of 0.00283+ 3n/10000 m3 of soil
found to be 1 800 + n kg/m3 and the field water content is 50+n/10 N. if the moisture content is 10+n/50 % and the
was 10+n/10%. In the laboratory, the density of the solids specific gravity of soil solids is 2.50+n/100, determine the
was found to be 2 500 +2n kg/m3, and the maximum and following:
minimum void ratio were 0.50 + n/100 and 0.25 + n/100,
respectively. Solve for the following: a. Moist unit weight
b. Dry unit weight
a. Dry density c. Void ratio
b. Void ratio d. Porosity
c. Relative density e. Degree of saturation
f. Volume occupied by water
Sit. 5. A soil has a liquid limit of 50+n/5 and a plastic limit Sit. 6. Table CCAII3.001 shows the results of liquid and
of 20+n/5. A moisture content test performed on an plastic limit tests. Determine the following:
undisturbed sample of this soil yielded the following
results: Mass of soil + can before placing in oven a. Liquid Limit
90+n/10g Mass of soil + can after removal from oven b. Plasticity Index
70+n/10g Mass of can 20+n/10g c. Liquidity Index

Determine the following:

a. Plasticity index
b. Moisture content
c. Liquidity index
Sit. 7. Laboratory test results for a sample of clay soil for
the purpose of evaluating the potential for volume change
(swelling, expansion) are as shown. Liquid Limit =
60+n/10 % Plastic Limit = 20+n/10% Particles smaller
than 0.002 = 40+n/10%
Determine the following:
a. Plasticity index
b. Indicate the activity classification for this clay
Sit. 8. The sieve analysis of three soils ang the liquid and
plastic limits of the fraction passing no.40 sieve is given in
Table CCAII3.02. Use AASHTO Classification.
Determine the following:
a. Classification of soil A with its group index
b. Classification of soil B with its group index
c. Classification of soil C with its group index
Sit.9. Laboratory results of a sieve analysis for three soils Sit.10. Given soil having the particle size distribution as
are shown in Table CCAII3.03. Classify the soils follows: 10+n/5 % sand, 29+n/10 % silt, 20+n/10% gravel
according to the Unified Soil Classification System. and 41-2n/5 % clay. Determine the following:

a. Soil classification of soil A a. Percentage of sand using USDA method

b. Soil classification of soil B b. Percentage of silt using USDA method
c. Soil classification of soil C c. Percentage of clay using USDA Method
d. Classification of soil using USDA Method
Sit. 11. A confined aquifer is shown in Figure CCAII3.11.
The aquifer has a hydraulic conductivity of 40+n/10 m/day
and a porosity of 0.20+n/1000. The piezometric heads in
two observation wells 1200 +2n m apart are 65m and 60m
from the common datum. The aquifer has an average
width of 4 km. Determine the following:

a. Rate of flow of water (m3/day)

b. Seepage velocity (m/day)
c. Time of travel from the head of the aquifer to a point 4
km downstream
Sit. 12. During a falling head permeability test, the head
fell from 80cm to 65 cm in 83+n seconds. The specimen
was 5cm in diameter and had a length of 50+n mm. The
diameter of the standpipe was 0.75cm. Compute the
coefficient of permeability of the soil.
Sit. 13. The soil under a dam has four layers of soil with
different coefficients of permeability as given in Table
CCAII3.04 and is under normal flow. Compute for the
following:
a. Average vertical coefficient of permeability in m/day
b. Transmissibility of the soil when the water table is at
the ground surface in m2/day
c. Interstitial velocity of water moving through the soil if it
has a void ratio of 0.60 and a hydraulic gradient of
0.0018 in cm/hour
Sit. 14. A submerged clay layer has a thickness of
8+n/100 m. The water content of the soil is 50+n/10%.
The specific gravity of soil particles is 2.00+n/100.

Determine the following:

a. Saturated unit weight of the clay

b. Total stress at the bottom of the clay
c. Effective stress at the bottom of the clay
Sit. 15. A thick layer of clay underlies a sand layer
5.00+n/92 m thick. The ground water table is located
2.00+n/29 m below the ground surface. The sand has a
void ratio of 0.52. The degree of saturation above the
water table is 0.30+n/1029. The clay has a moisture
content of 35+n/100. The specific gravity of solids for both
sand and clay is 2.70. Determine the following:

a. Unit weight of the clay

b. Total stress at a depth of 10m below the ground
surface
c. Effective stress at a depth of 10m below the ground
surface
Sit. 16. A dense silt layer has the following properties: void
ratio e = 0.50 + n/1000, effective diameter D10 =
10+n/100 μm, capillary constant C = 0.29 cm2. Free
ground water level is 8m below the ground surface.
Assume unit weight of solids 𝛾𝑠 = 20 + 𝑛 10 𝑘𝑁/𝑚3.

Compute for the following:

a. Height of capillary rise

b. Vertical effective stress at 5m depth. Assume the soil
above the capillary zone is partially saturated at 50%.
c. Vertical effective stress at 10m depth. Assume that the
soil above the capillary zone is partially saturated at
50%.
Sit. 17. Two footings rest in a layer of sand 2.70m thick.
The bases of the footings are 0.90m below the ground
surface. Beneath the sand layer is a 1.80m thick layer.
Underneath the clay layer is solid rock. Water table is at a
depth of 1.80m below the ground surface. Refer to Figure
CCAII3.12. Determine the following:

a. Stress increase below footing A (1.50m x 1.50m) at

the center of the clay layer. Assume that the pressure
beneath footing A is spread at an angle of 2 vertical to 1
horizontal.
b. Size of footing B so that the settlement in the clay
layer is the same beneath footings A and B
c. Settlement beneath footing A.
Sit. 18. A cohesionless soil is subjected to a shear test.
The normal stress and the shear stress on the failure
plane at failure were determined to be 400+n kPa and
350+n kPa, respectively. Compute for the following:
a. Angle of friction of soil
b. Angle of the failure plane measured from the major
principal plane
c. Major principal stress
Sit. 19. A shear test was conducted on a clay sample. The
normal and shear stresses on the failure plane at failure
were determined to be 150+n kPa and 76+n kPa,
respectively. The angle of shearing resistance of the soil
is 10+n/10°. Determine the following:
a. Cohesion of the clay
b. Chamber confining pressure
c. Plunger stress
Sit. 20. The results of a consolidated-drained triaxial test
conducted on a normally consolidated clay are as follows:
Chamber confining pressure = 300 +2n kPa
Deviator stress at failure = 400+3n kPa

Compute for the following:

a. Angle of friction of the soil sample

b. Shear stress on the failure plane
c. Normal stress on the plane of maximum shear