Experimental Investigation on Shear Strength and Liquefaction Potential of Rubber-Sand Mixtures

Table 1

Physical properties of the Fujian sand and rubber particles used in the tests.

Materials	Mean diameter d50 (mm)	Uniformity coefficient Cu = d60/d10	Curvature coefficient Cc = d30^2/(d10d60)	Maximum void ratio emax	Minimum void ratio emin	Specific gravity Gs
Fujian sand	0.65	7.41	0.43	0.67	0.45	2.68
Rubber particles	3.10	1.48	0.88	1.32	0.74	1.21