Table 1. Properties of soils whose... | Emerald Publishing

Table 1.

Properties of soils whose behaviour is shown on Figs 3 and 6

Soil	Geological					Mechanics
Soil	D₅₀: μm	<60 μm	<2 μm	C_U	PI*	λ₁₀†	M_tc	N	X
Sand: Brasted	240	<2%	—	2·3	—	0·050	1·29	0·35	2·8
Sand: Changi	320	0·4%	—	2·0	—	0·106	1·33	0·33	3·7
Sand: Erksak	330	0·7%	—	1·8	—	0·040	1·26	0·37	4·4
Sand: Fraser River	300	∼1%	—	1·7	—	0·090	1·47	0·45	5·0
Sand: Nerlerk	270	1·7%	—	1·9	—	0·053	1·26	0·38	4·2
Sand: Ticino	530	0%	—	1·8	—	0·057	1·27	0·35	3·5

Silt: Endako	8	99%	0%	18	23%	0·541	1·35	0·35	0·8
Silt: Guin35f	115	34%	0%	6	—	0·102	1·39	0·30	6·8
Silt: TC1	60	55%	15%	90	5%	0·105	1·52	0·35	8·2
Silt: NCS	10	97%	10%	6	—	0·225	1·34	0·35	2·6

Clay: London	—	100%	50%	—	52%	0·340	0·86	0·00	1·5
Clay: Weald	—	100%	40%	—	25%	0·198	0·86	0·15	2·5

Soil	Geological					Mechanics
Soil	D₅₀: μm	<60 μm	<2 μm	C_U	PI*	λ₁₀†	M_tc	N	X
Sand: Brasted	240	<2%	—	2·3	—	0·050	1·29	0·35	2·8
Sand: Changi	320	0·4%	—	2·0	—	0·106	1·33	0·33	3·7
Sand: Erksak	330	0·7%	—	1·8	—	0·040	1·26	0·37	4·4
Sand: Fraser River	300	∼1%	—	1·7	—	0·090	1·47	0·45	5·0
Sand: Nerlerk	270	1·7%	—	1·9	—	0·053	1·26	0·38	4·2
Sand: Ticino	530	0%	—	1·8	—	0·057	1·27	0·35	3·5

Silt: Endako	8	99%	0%	18	23%	0·541	1·35	0·35	0·8
Silt: Guin35f	115	34%	0%	6	—	0·102	1·39	0·30	6·8
Silt: TC1	60	55%	15%	90	5%	0·105	1·52	0·35	8·2
Silt: NCS	10	97%	10%	6	—	0·225	1·34	0·35	2·6

Clay: London	—	100%	50%	—	52%	0·340	0·86	0·00	1·5
Clay: Weald	—	100%	40%	—	25%	0·198	0·86	0·15	2·5

*

Plasticity index (PI), which has nothing to do with the Theory of Plasticity

†

The property λ₁₀ ( = 2·3λ) is the best fit over the stress range 40–400 kPa and is only given as an index of soil compressibility.