Research Article

Stress-Strain Relationships and Failure Load Analysis of Cement-Stabilized Rammed Earth under Concentric and Eccentric Loading Using Finite Element Modelling

Table 1

Properties of soil used for modeling.

Textural composition

Sand (0.075–4.75) mm61%
Silt (0.002–0.075) mm17%
Clay (<0.002) mm22%

Atterberg’s limits

Liquid limit29
Plastic limit22
Shrinkage limit20
Plasticity index7
Shrinkage index9
Maximum dry density 2020

Adopted from Suresh and Anand [22].