engineering recuitment GATE CE 2023-24 Test Series Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering Definitions and Relationships
A sampler with volume of 60 cm3 is filled with saturated soil sample. The specific gravity of soil solids is 2.65. When the oven dry soil is poured into a graduated cylinder filled with water, it displaces 40 cm3 of water.
1
Natural moisture content is 18.86 %
2
Dry unit weight of the soil is 1.76 g/m3
3
Natural moisture content is 1.886 %
4
Dry unit weight of the sample is 1.76 g/cc