Experimental Study on the Effect of Freezing and Thawing on the Shear Strength of the Frozen Soil in Qinghai-Tibet Railway Embankment

<table class="table-group" id="tab1"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="5"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Dry density (g/cm<sup>3</sup>)</td><td class="align_center">Optimal moisture content (%)</td><td class="align_center">Liquid limit (%)</td><td class="align_center">Plastic limit (%)</td><td class="align_center">Plasticity index (%)</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="5"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">1.6</td><td class="align_center">15</td><td class="align_center">27.6</td><td class="align_center">12.6</td><td class="align_center">15</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="5"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>Basic physical properties parameters of soil samples.</div>

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Table 1: Experimental Study on the Effect of Freezing and Thawing on the Shear Strength of the Frozen Soil in Qinghai-Tibet Railway Embankment 