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GATE CE · 2024 · ce-1

Question 34: Soil Mechanics

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Question 34

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An embankment is constructed with soil by maintaining the degree of saturation as 75% during compaction. The specific gravity of soil is 2.68 and the moisture content is 17% during compaction. Consider the unit weight of water as 10 kN/m

. The dry unit weight (in kN/m

) of the compacted soil is ______________ (rounded off to 2 decimal places).

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GATE CE 2024 · Paper 1

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