Multichannel Analysis of Surface Waves (MASW) to Estimate the Shear Wave Velocity for Engineering Characterization of Soils at Hawassa Town, Southern Ethiopia

Table 6

Summarized geotechnical results of soils in the study area.

Borehole and pit code	Depth (m)	Atterberg limit			%			USCS
		LL	PL	PI	Gravel	Sand	Fine
BH-1Adr	3	NP	NP	NP	—	25	75	Silty sand soil	SM
BH-1HU	3	NP	NP	NP	—	95	5	Poorly graded sand soil	SP
BH-2Mr	3	NP	NP	NP	—	20	80	Silty sand soil	SM
BH-2R	3	NP	NP	NP	5	25	70	Silty sand with some gravel soil	SM
BH-2Ru	3	NP	NP	NP	—	38	62	Silty sand soil	SM
BH-2Sg	3	NP	NP	NP	—	33	67	Silty sand soil
BH-2Wt	3	NP	NP	NP	—	45	55	Silty sand soil
BH-1Yw	3	NP	NP	NP	—	50	50	Silty sand soil
BH-2Ab	3	NP	NP	NP	—	40	60	Silty sand soil
BH-1Bh	3	NP	NP	NP	—	44	56	Silty sand soil
BH-2Tsf	3	NP	NP	NP	—	41	59	Silty sand soil
TP-2AIB	3	NP	NP	NP	—	39	61	Silty sand soil
BH-1SPC	3	NP	NP	NP	—	25	75	Silty sand soil
BH-1ZB	3	NP	NP	NP	—	34	66	Silty sand soil
PIT1	2	NP	NP	NP	—	32	68	Silty sand soil