Research Article

Shear Strength Deterioration of Compacted Residual Soils under a Wind Turbine due to Drying-Wetting Cycles and Vibrations

Table 4

Variation of shear strength parameters after vibrations.

Compaction degreeDrying-wetting cycle, nCohesion, c (kPa)Angle of internal friction, φ (°)
ValueReductionValueReduction

0.98029.6−39.5%29.3−16.3%
224.2−34.7%29.1−14.2%
421.2−31.7%28.3−14.3%