Research Article

New Structure for Strengthening Soil Embankments

Table 2

Properties of the tested soil.

ρdmax (g/cm3) (%) (%)CuCcc′ (kPa)φ′ (°)

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Note: ρdmax, , , Cu, Cc, c′, and φ′ represent the maximum dry density, optimum water content, saturation water content, coefficient of uniformity, coefficient of curvature, effective cohesion, and effective internal frictional angle of the soil, respectively.