Research Article

Finite Element Analysis of Natural Thawing Heat Transfer of Artificial Frozen Soil in Shield-Driven Tunnelling

Table 2

Geotechnical parameters for different soil layers.

Soil layersMoisture content (%)Dry unit weight (kN/m3)Liquid limit (%)Plastic limit (%)Plasticity indexLiquidity index

Filled soil29.614.431.519.711.80.84
Silty clay25.7–37.613.1–15.531.6–47.218.3–26.612.3–20.60.38–0.89
Mucky silty clay32.2–49.110.3–14.031.4–49.417.3–29.611.8–19.80.83–1.41
Silty sand20.5–35.613.3–16.8