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Unit Weight

Unit Weight

Unit Weight

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Submerged unit weigh is equal to unit weight (Y) - unit weight of water

I guess Y is saturated unit weight. How can I get saturated unit weight?

When we correlate unit weights from SPT results which one we get? saturated or bulk or dry unit weights?

Thank you for your feedback.

RE: Unit Weight

dry unit weight:  The unit weight of soil when dry
moist unit weight:  The unit weight of soil when moist
Saturated unit weight:  The unit weight of soil when all the voids are filled with water
Bouyant unit weight: The effective unit weight of saturated soil when below the water table.

Use engineering judgement when assigning unit weights from SPT N-values.  They are all based on empirical correlations.  Sometimes you may need to do a parametric assessment to see whether you are tempting fate.

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