Category: Preliminary definitions
Learn preliminary definitions and relationships of soil mechanics –
Soil as a Three Phase System
Water Content,
Density and Unit Weights
Specific Gravity
Voids Ratio,
Porosity and Degree of Saturation
Density Index and Relative Compaction 15
Functional Relationships
Packing of Uniform Spheres
Voids ratio porosity degree of saturation
Absolute or true specific gravity
unit weight of soil, bulk unit weight, dry unit weight, unit weight of solids
Density of soil solids
