Research Article
Effect of Wetting-Drying Cycles on Mechanical Behaviour and Electrical Resistivity of Unsaturated Subgrade Soil
Table 1
Basic material properties of the tested clay.
| | Property | Value |
| | Grain composition (%) | | | >0.075 mm | 16.1 | | 0.075 to 0.05 mm | 4.8 | | 0.05 to 0.01 mm | 36.3 | | 0.01 to 0.005 mm | 8.4 | | 0.005 to 0.002 mm | 9.4 | | <0.002 mm | 20.2 | | Specific gravity, Gs | 2.76 | | Liquid limit, LL (%) | 37.0 | | Plastic limit, PL (%) | 20.0 | | Plastic index, PI (%) | 17.0 | | Maximum dry density, ρdmax (g/cm3) | 1.98 | | Optimum moisture content, OMC (%) | 16.0 | | Saturated moisture content (%) | 25.5 |
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