Research Article

Experimental Investigation on the Behavior of Iron Powder-Reinforced Sand under Electromagnetic Field

Table 6

Friction angle and cohesive coefficient.

Type of the specimenFriction angle, ϕ (°)Cohesive coefficient, c (psi)
Nonrotated methodRotated methodNonrotated methodRotated method

Sand at 60% Dr35.08235.0800.0040.001
Iron-powdered sand at 60% Dr35.68635.6830.0310.818
Iron-powdered sand at 60% Dr and 0.5 A35.79935.7850.2201.322
Iron-powdered sand at 60% Dr and 1 A36.40836.4040.3741.361
Iron-powdered sand at 60% Dr and 2 A37.54337.5441.0443.857

Sand at 80% Dr37.41337.4150.005−0.0001
Iron-powdered sand at 80% Dr37.60837.5810.3720.573
Iron-powdered sand at 80% Dr and 0.5 A38.00737.9810.7273.09
Iron-powdered sand at 80% Dr and 1 A39.27639.1670.7383.104
Iron-powdered sand at 80% Dr and 2 A38.71639.5380.7523.721