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Dry unit weight

Description

n fluid mechanics, specific weight represents the force exerted by gravity on a unit volume of a fluid. Specific weight can be used as a characteristic property of a fluid. Specific weight is often used as a property of soil to solve earthwork problems. (Soil is the mixture of minerals, organic matter, gases, liquids, and the myriad of organisms that together support plant life. ) In soil mechanics, specific weight may refer to: The “ dry unit weight” of a soil when all void spaces of the soil are completely filled with air, with no water.

Related formulas

Variables

γdDry unit weight (N/m3)
GsSpecific gravity of the solid (dimensionless)
γwUnit weight of water (N/m3)
eVoid ratio (the volume of void-space/the volume of solids) (dimensionless)