Improvement of Bearing Capacity of Shallow Foundation on Geogrid Reinforced Silty Clay and Sand

Table 3

Properties of silty clay soil used in the present study.

Property	Values
Specific gravity (𝐺𝑠)	2.67
Liquid limit (LL), %	42.00
Plastic limit (PL), %	19.00
Plasticity index (PI), %	23.00
Maximum dry unit weight (γ dmax ), kN/m^3	16.73
Optimum moisture content (OMC), %	19.00
Undrained cohesion (𝑐) from UCS test, kN/m^2	45.16
USCS classification	CL