Calculator to calculate loose soil thickness from desired compacted thickness

Loose Thickness & Void Ratio Calculator

Calculates loose thickness from compacted thickness using bulk densities and computes void ratios from G_s.

Compacted thickness (T_c) mm m cm Loose bulk density (ρ_l) in Mg/m³ Compacted bulk density (ρ_c) in Mg/m³ Specific gravity of solids (G_s)

Results

Loose thickness (T_l): —

Increase / bulking (Δ): —

Percentage increase: —

Loose void ratio (e_l): —

Compacted void ratio (e_c): —

Stepwise Calculation

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