Consolidated Drained Triaxial Test on Treated Coastal Soil and Finite Element Analysis Using PLAXIS 2D

Table 1

Physical properties of West Coast soil.

Properties	Unit	Value
Moisture content	%	16.3
Specific gravity	—	2.63
Grain size analysis
Sand	%	65–70
Silt and clay	%	30–35
USCS classification	—	SC-SM-CL
Consistency limit
Liquid limit	%	47.5
Plastic limit	%	28
Plasticity index	%	19.5
Compaction study
MDD	Mg/m^3	1.48
OMC	%	16.2