Soil porosity based on Standard Proctor compaction

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Soil porosity based on Standard Proctor compaction

eduhmaia (Civil/Environmental)

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19 Jun 15 14:43

Hi everyone!

I'm willing to know the porosity of two soil samples based the following data (pretty much all I have):

Soil is 43% clay, 21% silt, 30% sand and 5% gravel.
Bulk density is 3.28 g/cm³.
Dry density is 1.73 g/cm³ with 23.6% moisture content at 100% compaction.
Dry density is 1.65 g/cm³ with 21.8¢ moisture content at 95% compaction.

How can I do it? Is there anything missing to calculate the porosity?

fattdad (Geotechnical) · Answer 1 · 2015-06-19 14:49:08

all that's outstanding is the specific gravity of the soil grains.

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eduhmaia (Civil/Environmental) · Answer 2 · 2015-06-19 16:03:15

What do you mean by outstanding, fattdad? This is soil from an iron mining area.

oldestguy (Geotechnical) · Answer 3 · 2015-06-19 16:07:44

Consider around 1 x 10-7 to 10-8 cm/sec. for each.

eduhmaia (Civil/Environmental) · Answer 4 · 2015-06-19 16:23:55

Thanks oldestguy, but isn't porosity expressed as an adimensional number between 0 and 1 (0% and 100%)?

oldestguy (Geotechnical) · Answer 5 · 2015-06-20 16:39:49

I'm talking permeability, or hydraulic conductivity. That is what you need for design. What would you do with porosity anyhow?

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