An embankment for a highway 35m wide and 1.2m in compacted thickness is to be constructed from a sandy soil trucked from a borrow pit. The water content of the sandy soil in the borrow pit is 15% and its void ratio is 0.72. the specification requires the embankment to be compacted to a dry unit weight of 18.2 kN/m3. Length of embankment is 2.5km. Assuming G = 2.7, determine the volume of borrow material required

An embankment for a highway 35m wide and 1.2m in compacted thickness is to be constructed from a sandy soil trucked from a borrow pit. The water content of the sandy soil in the borrow pit is 15% and its void ratio is 0.72. the specification requires the embankment to be compacted to a dry unit weight of 18.2 kN/m3. Length of embankment is 2.5km. Assuming G = 2.7, determine the volume of borrow material required

Principles of Geotechnical Engineering (MindTap Course List)

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