Uniformity Coefficient Calculator

Compute the uniformity coefficient Cu = D60 / D10 from grain sizes in millimeters read from a gradation curve.

Description

Compute the uniformity coefficient Cu = D60 / D10 from grain sizes in millimeters read from a gradation curve.

Uniformity Coefficient Calculator: Compute the uniformity coefficient Cu = D60 / D10 from grain sizes in millimeters read from a gradation curve.

When to use Uniformity Coefficient

Use this geological calculation for a transparent first-pass interpretation of measured rock, soil, fluid, well, stratigraphic, isotopic, geophysical, or seismic data under an explicitly selected model.

D60
Sieve size at 60 percent finer in millimeters.
D10
Sieve size at 10 percent finer (effective size) in millimeters.

How Uniformity Coefficient works

Compute the uniformity coefficient Cu = D60 / D10 from grain sizes in millimeters read from a gradation curve. The tool evaluates the supplied inputs together and returns the named outputs below; it does not infer omitted operating conditions or change the units shown.1

Cu
Uniformity coefficient Cu (dimensionless).

Limitations and assumptions

  • Geological models are scale-, site-, method-, and calibration-dependent. Heterogeneity, anisotropy, sampling, diagenesis, pressure-temperature history, instrument response, boundary conditions, and empirical-correlation range can dominate the result.
  • Use finite inputs in the displayed units and preserve more precision than the final presentation requires. Independently verify safety-critical, financial, compliance, or production decisions.

Alternative or Complementary approaches

Compare independent measurements and models, retain units and analytical metadata, propagate uncertainty, and validate interpretations against logs, cores, maps, laboratory data, or field observations.

References

  1. Geology — Wikipedia contributors

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