Moist unit weight
Description
In 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: “moist unit weight” , which is the unit weight of a soil when void spaces of the soil contain both water and air.
Related formulasVariables
γ | Moist unit weight (N/m3) |
w | Moisture content (dimensionless) |
Gs | Specific gravity of the solid (dimensionless) |
γw | Unit weight of water (N/m3) |
e | Void ratio (the volume of void-space/the volume of solids) (dimensionless) |