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Cofferdams (suspended solids question)

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Cofferdams (suspended solids question)

Cofferdams (suspended solids question)

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Does anyone know how to calculate the relative density (specific gravity) of water with 40,000 ppm of suspended solids (fine silts).

This is not structural question, but I would assume structural engineers that design cofferdams in rivers may have encountered this before.

VOD
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RE: Cofferdams (suspended solids question)

Try (40,000/1,000,000(150 pcf)+ 960,000/1,000,000(62.5 pcf))/62.5 pcf.

RE: Cofferdams (suspended solids question)

JedClampett got you pretty close.  He used a specific gravity of 2.4 for the silts (150/62.4).  The specific gravity is closer to 2.7.

The corrected equation is:

40000/1000000*(62.4*2.7)+960000/1000000*(62.4)

which yields a value of almost 67 pcf.  That's pretty thick stuff.

(The equation above can be copied straight into Excel.)

RE: Cofferdams (suspended solids question)

(OP)
Outdone again :)

Regards

VOD

RE: Cofferdams (suspended solids question)

You could use a cheap hydrometer with a sample of the material.

RE: Cofferdams (suspended solids question)

Yeah, but calculating it is so much fun!

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