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 layers | Moisture content (%) | Dry unit weight (kN/m3) | Liquid limit (%) | Plastic limit (%) | Plasticity index | Liquidity index |
| Filled soil | 29.6 | 14.4 | 31.5 | 19.7 | 11.8 | 0.84 | Silty clay | 25.7–37.6 | 13.1–15.5 | 31.6–47.2 | 18.3–26.6 | 12.3–20.6 | 0.38–0.89 | Mucky silty clay | 32.2–49.1 | 10.3–14.0 | 31.4–49.4 | 17.3–29.6 | 11.8–19.8 | 0.83–1.41 | Silty sand | 20.5–35.6 | 13.3–16.8 | — | — | — | — |
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