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Soil Phase Diagram and Relationship Formulas

The document discusses notation and units used in soil and foundation engineering. It defines common terms like void ratio, specific gravity, porosity, saturation, water content, bulk density, unit weight. Both imperial and metric units are included for each term.

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Soil Phase Diagram and Relationship Formulas

The document discusses notation and units used in soil and foundation engineering. It defines common terms like void ratio, specific gravity, porosity, saturation, water content, bulk density, unit weight. Both imperial and metric units are included for each term.

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Notation and Units

Metric and Imperial Units


Page last modified on: 07/01/2018 02:49:57

The above values have been provided with both imperial and metric units. As with all calculations care must be
taken to keep consistent units throughout. Examples of suitable units have been shown below.

Notation

► A = Air Content, percentage (%)


► e = void ratio (ratio of volume of voids to the volume of solids), no units
► Gs = specific gravity (the ratio of the density of the soil to the density of water), no units
► I D = density index (relative density), percentage (%)
► n = porosity (ratio of the volume of voids to the total volume), percentage (%)
► S r = degree of saturation, percentage (%)
► w = water content, percentage (%)
► ρ = bulk density (the ratio of the total mass to the total volume), ib/ft 3 or kg/m 3
► ρsat = saturated bulk density (the ratio of the total saturated mass to the total volume), ib/ft 3 or kg/m 3
► ρdry = dry bulk density (the ratio of the total dry mass to the total volume), ib/ft 3 or kg/m 3
► ρ' = effective density (bulk density - density of water), ib/ft 3 or kg/m 3
► γ = unit weight(ratio of the total weight (force) to the total volume), ksi or KPa
► γ' = buoyant unit weight or effective unit weight(unit weight - unit weight of water ), ksi or KPa

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