Relative density
All > Science > Water
- Used in construction control for cohesionless soils where the in-place density is compared to the minimum and maximum density of the soil from laboratory tests. The ratio of the difference between the void ratio of a cohesionless soil in the loosest state and any given void ratio to the difference between its void ratios in the loosest and in the densest states.
Bureau of Reclamation - Cite This Source - This Definition - Air-space ratio, Air-void ratio, damping ratio, Effective porosity, Porosity, Ratio of reduction, Void ratio