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CIV324: Geotechnical Engineering

Due: (5 or 6) /3/2013 HW # 1 O.S.M


Spring 2012-2013

1. The following are the results of a sieve analysis:

a. Determine the percent finer than each sieve and plot a grain-size distribution curve.
b. Determine D10, D30, and D60 from the grain-size distribution curve.
c. Calculate the uniformity coefficient, Cu
d. Calculate the coefficient of gradation, Cc

2. The following are the results of a sieve analysis:

a. Determine the percent finer than each sieve


and plot a grain-size distribution curve.
b. Determine D10, D30, and D60 from the grain-
size distribution curve.
c. Calculate the uniformity coefficient, Cu
d. Calculate the coefficient of gradation, Cc
3. In a hydrometer test, the results are
as follows: Gs = 2.60, temperature of water
o
= 24 C, and R = 43 at 60 min after the
start of sedimentation (see Figure 2.24).
What is the diameter, D, of the smallest-
size particles that have settled beyond the zone of measurement at that time (that
is, t = 60 min)?

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