Assume that 50,000 yd3 of the soil from a local borrow pit in Rhode Island, with a water content of 13% and dry unit weight of 87 pcf, is to be delivered to a construction site for some repairs of highway in I-95. By the time it reaches the site, the water content is 9%. It will be compacted to a minimum of 90% of the modified Proctor maximum dry density. Determine the total amount of water (in pounds), that must be added to the soil to increase the moisture content to the optimum level. Assume a Gs

If the thermal strain developed in polyimide film during deposition is given as 0.0044. assume room temperature is kept at 17.3 c, and thermal coefficient of expansion for the film and the substrate are 54 x 10^-6c^-1 and 3.3 x 10^-6c^-1respectively. calculate the deposition temperature.

Aloaded platform of total mass 500 kg is supported by a dashpot and by a set of springs of effective stiffness 72 kn/m. it is observed that when the platform is depressed through a distance x = 12.5 cm below its equilibrium position and then released without any initial velocity; it reaches its equilibrium position in the shortest possible time without overshoot. find the position and velocity of the loaded platform 0.10 sec. after its release. if a further load of 400 kg is added to the platform, find, i) the frequency of damped vibrations, and i) the amplitude of vibration after 2 complete oscillations, given that the initial amplitude is 15 cm.

The thermal expansion or contraction of a given metal is a function of the f a)-density b)-initial temperature c)- temperature difference d)- linear coefficient of thermal expansion e)- final temperature f)- original length