Civil Engineering > GATE 2014 SET-1 > Soil Mechanics
A given cohesionless soil has emax = 0.85 and emin = 0.50. In the field, the soil is compacted to a dry unit weight of 18 kN/m3 at a water content of 8%. Take the unit weight of water as 10 kN/m3 and Gs as 2.7. The relative density (in %) of the soil is
Correct : 80.6
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