Question: A soil sample has been compacted using a standard proctor test with 2 0 % moisture content. The Unit weight of the compacted soil sample

A soil sample has been compacted using a standard proctor test with 20% moisture content. The Unit weight of the compacted soil sample is 20kNm3.
What will be the saturated unit weight for this soil sample If we bring the soil sample to the fully saturated state (i.e.S=1) by adding water? The water unit weight and soil-specific gravity are 10kNm3 and 2.75, respectively.
Hint 1: You will need first to calculate the void ratio (e) for the compacted soil (you have the moisture content and unit weight and Gs is 2.75), Then use the void ratio and Gs to calculate the saturated unit weight.
Hint 2: You can use the following equation as part of your solution:
\table[[Saturatedunitweight(sat)Given,],[Gs,e,(Gs+e)k1+e
A soil sample has been compacted using a standard

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