Effects of Clay and Moisture Content on Direct Shear Tests for Clay-Sand Mixtures

<div class="floats-full-page floats-full-page-other"><h2>Table 3</h2><div class="floats-full-page-caption">Properties of bentonite.</div><div class="floats-full-page-content"><table class="table-group" id="tab3"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr /></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td align="left">Property</td><td align="center">Value</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr /></td></tr><tr><td align="left">Specific gravity, GS</td><td align="center">2.76</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Liquid limit, LL (%)</td><td align="center">480</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Plastic limit, PL (%)</td><td align="center">49.6</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Plasticity index, PI (%)</td><td align="center">430</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="2"><hr class="tbody-hr" /></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="table-fn"><td>Index property tests were carried out in the laboratory in accordance with  BS 1377 Part 2: 1990. 				<br /></td></tr></table></div></div>

Table 3 | Effects of Clay and Moisture Content on Direct Shear Tests for Clay-Sand Mixtures

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