Critical State of Sand Matrix Soils

Table 3

Critical state properties of some soils (after Jefferies and Been [5]).

Soils	Fines (%)	𝑒max	𝑒min	Γ	𝜆10	𝑀
Castro sand B	0	0.840	0.500	0.791	0.041	1.22
Castro sand C	0	0.990	0.660	0.988	0.038	1.37
Monterey	0	0.820	0.540	0.878	0.029	1.29
Nevada	7.5	0.887	0.511	0.910	0.045	1.2
Ottawa	0	0.790	0.490	0.754	0.028	1.13
Toyoura	0	0.873	0.656	1.000	0.039	1.24
Erksak 330/0.7	0.7	0.747	0.521	0.816	0.031	1.27
Erksak 320/1	1	0.808	0.614	0.875	0.043	1.27
Erksak 355/3	3	0.963	0.525	0.848	0.054	1.18
Chek Lap Kok	0.5	0.682	0.411	0.905	0.13	—