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intro. to Geotechnical Engineering Fall 2018 Dr.

Tahar Ayadat

Formula Sheet
1

Chapter 2: Soil Origin & Grain Size

D60
Uniform Coefficient Cu D0

Gradation Coefficient
(D36)²
Cc Dso XD1o
Chapter 3 : Soil - Phase relations

Water (moisture)
content
W Mwater x 100 =
Sxe
x 100 = %
Msolid Gs

Vvoids Gs Gs
Void Ratio X Yw - 1 = #
Vsolid Pd Ya

Porosity Vyoids x 100 x 100 = %


VTotal 1 + e

W x Gs
Degree of Saturation S Vwater x 100 x 100 %
Vvoids e

Volume of water Vw SxnxVt

Pm
Mrotal Gs + Sxe
XPy = kg/m3
Vrotal 1 + e

Moist density Gs + S xe
Mrotal x Yw = kN/m3
Ym
Vrotal 1 + e

Msolid Gs Pm
Pa = kg/m³
Vrotal 1 + e 1 + w
Dry density
Ya
Msolid Gs
x Yw =
Ym
= kN/m
Vrotal 1 + e 1 + W

Gs + e
Saturated Density Psat * pw = kg /m³
1 + e

Prince Mohammad bin Fahd University Departrment of Civil Engineening

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