Question

respectively as (a) dry of omc and wet of omc (b) wet of omc and dry of omc (c) wet of omc and wet of omc (d) dry of omc and dry of omc where omc is optimum moisture content answer: option b

Answer 1

Table 1. ASTM D698 and D1557 Test Results on Soil Sample 2 for Problem #1

(Assignment #2).

Point

D698 D1557

w

(%)

γ

(pcf)

w

(%)

γ

(pcf)

1 5.4 111.5 5.5 115.7

2 8.7 115.5 7.9 119.3

3 11.1 118.8 10.4 124.8

4 13.8 122.1 12.9 126.8

5 18.3 123.8 15.1 126.2

6 17.4 125.3