4.1 - Gravimetric vs. Volumetric Measurements
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What is gravimetric measurement?
💡 Hint: Think about what it measures directly.
Define struck measure.
💡 Hint: How does it differ from heaped measure?
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What does gravimetric measurement focus on?
💡 Hint: Think about what is being measured.
True or False: Volumetric measurements can vary based on how material is handled.
💡 Hint: Recall the difference between struck and heaped measures.
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A truck's safe operating weight is 8,000 kg, but during a project, it was loaded with 10,000 kg. What could be the possible consequences of this overload?
💡 Hint: Consider both immediate and long-term consequences.
If you excavate a site with a bank measure of 500 m³ and know that the swell factor is 1.2, what will be the volume in the loosened state?
💡 Hint: Use the swell factor to find how much material expands.
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