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Soil particle
W: Liquid
A: Air
Water (electrolytes)
Air
Engineering applications:
Simple cubic (SC), e = 0.91,
Contract
Dilate
conductivity
SC
e = 0.91
CT
e = 0.65
Clogging
CT
e = 0.65
Critical
Mass
Volume
Weight Mass g
Unit weight ,
Volume Volume
Density,
s s g s
w w g w
a. Dry density
Mass of water ( M w )
w
100%
Mass of soil solids ( M s )
Total volume
of soil sample
c. Saturated
density (S=100%,
Va =0) ( Vt )
For quick clays, w>100%
d.satSubmerged
(Buoyant
Totaldensity
volume
of soildensity)
sample (Vt )
' sat w
7
Archimedes principle:
' sat w
Ws Vs w Ws (Vt Vw ) w
(S 100%)
Vt
Vt
Ws Vt w Ww
Vt
Ws Ww Vt w
Vt
sat w
s s
Gs
w w
(2)
Proof:
S e w Gs
Vw Vv Vw
S e
Vv Vs Vs
Ms
w S e w s
S e w Gs
M w s M w
Vs Vw
w Gs
M s w M s M w
Vs
Vw