Experimental and Numerical Analysis of Soil Cracking Characteristics under Evaporation

<table class="table-group" id="tab1"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Soil property</td><td class="align_center">Values</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Dry unit weight of soil (kN/m<sup>3</sup>)</td><td class="align_center">16.9</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Specific gravity of soil particles</td><td class="align_center">2.71</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Liquid limit (%)</td><td class="align_center">49.3</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Plastic limit (%)</td><td class="align_center">26.8</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Expansive index</td><td class="align_center">53</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="2"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>Properties of the soil in the laboratory crack development test [<a href="/journals/mpe/2021/3790345/#B2" target="_blank">2</a>].</div>

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Table 1: Experimental and Numerical Analysis of Soil Cracking Characteristics under Evaporation 