TOTAL VOLUME Ve Vs Wy We Vu ta where» UNIT WEIGHT (kN /m? or Ib /5t8) V_ » total volume Vs ¥ Volume of soil solids W = volume of voids Yu volume of water Va * volume of aie TOTAL WEIGHT (weight of air is negligible awe aay a bRY_UNIT WEIGHT We stu Yay Tres MOIST UNIT WEIGHT (Hw) Gste We We # We or We Ws tuws Yovist * 9 or Ymoist © Ye(14w) where = W = otal weight Ws Weight of soil solids Wor Weight of water w = water or moisture content Yu* 481M im? P= 1000 kg /m® or 1g lem? = 62.4 IRS = 60.4 [o/s RELATIVE DENSITY (*%0) where: Dr = relative density VOID RATIO max = € at loosest stale oe Stu emin = € at densest stale Vs Clow. ema s PMO | en» POROSITY nes 2 Ww te ay VeLociTy OF Goi PARTICLES PexPu_,, | where: me viscosity ofwaler (MOISTURE CONTENT /WATER CONTENT Vienne 2 Dé diometer of soil We Mw Particles OWS On hs UNIFORMITY COEFFICIENT (0) DEGREE OF SATURATION when $21 Deo Vo wos o De oe aS eae e2u6s SPECIFIC GRAVITY % Osa AIR CONTENT Va A COEFFICIENT OF GRADATION (ce) Db Deo x Dio Coz SORTING COEFFICIENT ($3) sox? OY Des PLASTICITY INDEX Pls Ut= PLSHRINKAGE LIMIT 1 SHRINKAGE RATIO Ov VF Re i where: Wr initial w w= change inw Mi + mass of wet soil (9) Ma + mass of dry soil (9) Ye > initial vol. of wet soil ‘Ve = vol. of oven-dried soil Pus in 9/em> Ligvipity INDEX & CONSISTENCY INDEX w- PL came CPLSS CONSISTENCY INDEX usw aa EG'N of U-Line Pl= 0.9 (U-8)