Instability Analysis of a Low-Angle Low-Expansive Soil Slope under Seasonal Wet-Dry Cycles and River-Level Variations

Table 2

The physical properties of the slope soil samples.

Layer no.	Description	Moisture content	Unit weight	Void ratio	Liquid limit	Plastic limit	Plasticity index	Liquidity index	Elastic modulus
		(%)	γ (kN/m^3)	e	WL	WP	IP	IL	E (MPa)
1	Yellowish grey clay (CL)	25.5	19.0	0.823	37.7	22.5	15.1	0.26	5.49
2	Greyish yellow clay (CL)	23.6	19.8	0.740	34.8	20.6	14.2	0.30	6.69
3	Yellowish brown clay (CL)	21.7	19.9	0.682	42.8	23.1	19.6	0.07	8.52