Elastic-Plastic Behavior of Compacted Loess under Direct and Cyclic Tension

<table class="table-group" id="tab1"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="6"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Specific gravity (gs)</td><td class="align_center">Plastic limit, PL (%)</td><td class="align_center">Liquid limit, LL (%)</td><td class="align_center">Plasticity index, PI (%)</td><td class="align_center">Maximum dry density, <i>ρ</i><sub>dmax</sub> (g/cm<sup>3</sup>)</td><td class="align_center">Optimum water content, <i>ω</i><sub>opt</sub> (%)</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="6"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">2.65</td><td class="align_center">17.4</td><td class="align_center">26.0</td><td class="align_center">8.6</td><td class="align_center">1.76</td><td class="align_center">16.2</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="6"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>Physical properties of the compacted soils.</div>

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Table 1: Elastic-Plastic Behavior of Compacted Loess under Direct and Cyclic Tension 