Research Article
Variability of Bimodal Soil-Water Characteristic Curves under Different Confining Pressures
Table 1
Basic properties of 50% Ottawa sand and 50% kaolin.
| Index properties | 50% sand-50% kaolin |
| Specific gravity, Gs | 2.59 | Plastic limit, PL (%) | 27 | Liquid limit, LL (%) | 47 | Plasticity index, PI (%) | 20 | Void ratio, e | 0.48 | Dry density, ρd (Mg/m3) | 1.65 | Water content, w (%) | 11 | Sand (%) | 50.0 | Silt (%) | 43.7 | Clay (%) | 6.3 | Soil classification according to USCS | SM |
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