University of Nevada, Las Vegas Howard Hughes College of Engineering

CEE 334 Laboratory

Experi ent !"

Report By: Dustin Robbins Experiment Conducted: 2/1/2008 Date Submitted: 2/8/2008

Results for Experiment A Date: 2/1/2008 Names of team members Container Number Container $o!ume %$c& ass of Container % ass of +ra,e! % ass of 0ater % &
c

arc Cut!er Rufin "nos C#ris Strout 1000 2(( 1-(0 1./. 220......22' cm' ) ) ) ) ) cm' cm' cm'

&

ass of Container * +ra,e!

DS

ass of Container * +ra,e! * 0ater

1

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$o!ume of 0ater %$1& $o!ume of $oids %$,& $o!ume of so!ids %$s&

Calculations for Experiment A

D =
M DS 3 14./. )/cm5' VC

D = D 6 g 3 1.(2( N/m5'
M DS + M W 3 14/. )/cm5' VC SAT = SAT 6 g 3 1/0.1 N/m5' V e = v 3 0481 Vs M DS GS = 3 24-0 VS W

SAT =

Questions for Part A

14 #$%% &g'
#$ , -

V(LU#E &)

'

Air
MW MT MS

VA VV VW VT VS

Water

DRY STATE
V* VV V$ V+ V% #* #+ #% 1000 ....0 22' 1./. 0 1./. ) ) cm5' cm5' cm5' ..0 ..cm5' 22'

SATURATED STATE
1000 cm5' cm5' cm5' cm5' ) ) )

220..1./.

24 7#e porosity of t#e pea )ra,e! is e8ua! to t#e ,o!ume of t#e ,oids di,ided by t#e tota! ,o!ume4 "n t#is experiment9 t#e porosity measured is 04..-4 '4 7#e ,a!ue obtained for t#e specific )ra,ity of t#e pea )ra,e! 1as 24-04 :oo;in) at t#e tab!e of <Specific +ra,ity of Common ateria!s= it seems t#at pea )ra,e! #as a simi!ar specific )ra,ity to sodium and ca!cium fe!dspar4 Results for Part B

Names of 7eam

embers

Marc Cutler Rufin Inos Chris Strout .EN%/*0 C$LCUL$*/(N% & 181.13 1 41.20 61.0 25.3 7.3 !"5 g g

>nits

ass of Soi! * Rin)s % Number of Rin)s %NR& ass of Rin)s %

R

S*R

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"nside Diameter of Rin)s ?ei)#t of Rin) $o!ume of Rin) %$R& ass of Soi! %
S

mm mm m#3 $g m#3
$g%m#3

&:

S*R

0.13 7.3 !"5 1885 18&4 2 #(/%*U1E C(N*EN* C$LCUL$*/(N% Samp!e Samp!e Samp!e 1 2 ' ( )4 )5 32.74 32.02 74.17 42.15 (241. ''412 /40' 2-4' 32.65 76. 44.34 (-4'0 '.4(2 /4(/ 2840 & & 82.37 4 . 0
C*DS

$o!ume of Soi! %$S&: $S3NR 6 $R Density of Soi!9 =

S

/ $S

>nit 0ei)#t of Soi!9 : = AB)

'%m#3

>nits

Container "dentification ass of Container % ass of 0et Soi! % ass of Dry Soi! % ass of 0ater %
0 C

&
C*0S

g g g g g g * 27.

ass of Container * 0et Soi! %

0S

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ass of Container * Dry Soi! %

DS

-14'' '848( 1140. 284.

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0

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3
0

0S

@
DS

DS

oisture Content %1&:13

6100 C

D,era)e 1 ECF

Questions for Part B

14 7#e a,era)e 1ater content for t#e t#ree samp!es is 2-4/C4 D!! samp!es measured 1ere no fart#er t#an 042C a1ay from t#e a,era)e9 meanin) t#at it is a )ood a,era)e4 Gne possibi!ity of error 1ou!d be undetected air poc;ets in t#e samp!e !ea,in) it not fu!!y saturated before ba;in)4 24 Gne )ood reason to ma;e t#e o,en temperature #i)#er t#an 100 de)rees Ce!sius is because 1ater boi!s at 100 de)rees Ce!sius4 Ba;in) t#e samp!e at t#is temperature 1ou!d #e!p to t#orou)#!y dry t#e specimen4 '4 7#e prob!em t#at mi)#t arise if t#e soi! 1as a!!o1ed to set out in t#e !aboratory for se,era! #ours before t#e moist 1ei)#t is measured is t#at t#e moist 1ei)#t 1ou!d become not comp!ete!y saturated due to air dryin)4 7#is 1ou!d a!!o1 for air poc;ets and t#e samp!e 1ou!d no !on)er be saturated and t#erefore t#e p#ase dia)ram 1ou!d #a,e to be a!tered4 .4 7#e dry unit 1ei)#t measured is 1842- HN/m5'4 :oo;in) at tab!e '42 on pa)e 2of t#e textboo;9 t#e dry unit 1ei)#t of t#e soi! is simi!ar t#at of dense uniform sand4 Con)lusions 7#e main purpose of t#is !aboratory experiment is to de,e!op tec#ni8ues in order to measure t#e 8uantities needed to comp!ete a p#ase dia)ram4 7#ese exercises are in t#e first princip!es9 in 1#ic# one 8uantifies t#e mass and ,o!ume of t#e so!ids9 1ater9 and air in a soi!4 Irom t#is information9 a!! ot#er additiona! information can be determined4 7#is experiment a!so s#o1ed #o1 to dea! 1it# fine@)rained soi!s and more coarse!y )rained soi!s4 7#e !ab s#o1ed t#at t#ey must be treated different!y4 7#e !ast princip!e used in t#is experiment is t#e concept of dry and saturated soi!s4 7#e e8uations deri,ed from t#ese soi! conditions ma;e ca!cu!ations of ot#er 8uantities )reat!y simp!ified4