Question

4. In its natural state, a soil weighs 2800 lb/cy, while in the loose and compacted states, it weighs 2500 lb/cy and 3300 lb/cy, respectively. a. Find the load and shrinkage factors for this soil. b. How many trucks loads with a capacity of 5 lcy/truck would be required to haul 750,000 ccy of this soil to a project

Answer 1

a. load factor = 0.893

shrinkage factor = 0.848

b. Number of Trucks loads = 113,585 Trucks loads

Step-by-step explanation:

Here, we start by identifying the factors as given in the question.

γn = 2800 lb/cy

γloose = 2500 lb/cy

and γcompacted = 3300 lb/cy

a. Mathematically,

Load factor = γloose/γn = 2500/2800 = 0.893

Shrinkage factor = γn/γcompacted = 2800/3300 = 0.848

b. To find the number of trucks loads with a capacity of 5 lcy/truck, we use the mathematical formula as follows;

ρlcy = 5

Load factor × Shrinkage factor = ρloose/γn × γn/γcompacted = ρlcy/ρccy

0.893 × 0.848 = 5/ρccy

ρccy =5/(0.893 × 0.848) = 6.603

The number of truck loads = 750,000/6.603 = 113,584.7 which is approximately 113,585 trucks loads