Research Article

Improvement of Water Stability of Sand Admixed with Water-Soluble Organic Polymer

Table 5

The results of the test with different immersion times.

Specimen numberDisintegration area (cm2)/standard deviation (cm2)Shear strength under 100 kPa (kPa)/standard deviation (kPa)Shear strength under 200 kPa (kPa)/standard deviation (kPa)Shear strength under 300 kPa (kPa)/standard deviation (kPa)Shear strength under 400 kPa (kPa)/standard deviation (kPa)Water-stability coefficient

S1229.28/099.74/1.24156.88/2.44213.32/1.34260.76/1.09100.00
S1329.28/099.03/1.36155.38/1.44211.53/2.57246.14/5.5798.99
S1429.28/094.50/1.70141.94/3.49217.35/1.70241.84/3.3097.48
S1529.28/092.73/2.19135.46/3.13203.72/4.82237.04/5.3895.72
S1629.28/087.54/1.25133.85/1.36183.85/2.08233.76/5.4393.62
S829.28/081.38/1.56126.51/2.22171.64/4.98216.77/2.1690.73
S1729.28/078.73/1.67120.76/2.35165.22/4.55210.39/4.9589.26
S1829.28/075.83/1.52117.15/1.39155.54/4.90205.52/4.0787.80