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Loose Soil - Correct Answer -has been excavated or loaded, used to determine the
volume capacity of the excavating and hauling equipment
Compact Soil - Correct Answer -after comparison, used to determine the volume
of any structure such as a damn or a fill
when excavated, a soil increases in ______________due to loosened soil grains
and void spaces filled with air - Correct Answer -volume
when a soil is ____________, some of the air is forced out of the soil's void spaces
- Correct Answer -compacted
Total Resistance= - Correct Answer -grading resistance +rolling resistance
, Total Effective Grade= - Correct Answer -Moister content calculation - Correct
Answer -(wet weight - dry weight) / dry weight
Speed - Correct Answer -affects cycle time
Cycle time - Correct Answer -drives production
Production - Correct Answer -determines cost
Grade Resistance Factor= - Correct Answer -(20 lb/tn) * (%grade)
Coefficient of traction - Correct Answer -the ratio between the maximum amount
of pull a machine exerts before slippage and the totalweight on the drivers
Usable Force - Correct Answer -(coefficient of traction) * (weight on powered
running gear)
Typical soil Volume ChangeDuring Earthmoving? - Correct Answer -Bank 1.0
Loose 1.25