0000005092 00000 n Its definition is derived from the Mohr-Coulomb failure criterion and it is used to describe the friction shear resistance of soils together with the normal effective stress.Soil friction angle is a shear strength parameter of soils. False 0000001446 00000 n Constant friction and changing dilation angle. 0000008073 00000 n Hutchinson has a good example of back calculation in the SOTA papers from Mexico, 1969. It can be seen that for a Plasticity Index of 50, which is true for Young Bay Mud, =0.8. 4 0 obj The sample can then be remolded and the test repeated. Figure 3. 185 0 obj <> endobj Shear strength is a term used in soil mechanics to describe the magnitude of the shear stress that a soil can sustain. stream <> 0000001548 00000 n The predicted results obtained from developed model equation appears to be in good agreement with existing equations in various literature. <>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text/ImageB/ImageC/ImageI] >>/Annots[ 13 0 R] /MediaBox[ 0 0 612 792] /Contents 4 0 R/Group<>/Tabs/S/StructParents 0>> [9], The activity of a soil is the ratio of plasticity index to the clay size fraction. [1] They were later refined by Arthur Casagrande, an Austrian-born American geotechnical engineer and a close collaborator of Karl Terzaghi (both pioneers of soil mechanics). In terms of effective stresses, the shear strength is often approximated by: \[\ \tau=c+\sigma \cdot \tan (\varphi)\tag{2-27}\]. 7g;[hZ8V+Uw#O/XF3p_C|R!b/2'GE@-6E^qy2>mNF2d30@V56^STIGpXY(dS2%^ qjI^#tYq!vJ_}7!P]D*? %%EOF Enter the email address you signed up with and we'll email you a reset link. The water content at which soil changes from one state to the other is known as consistency limits, or Atterberg's limit. Already a member? It depends on a number of factors, the main ones being: Volume of material (like for fissured clays or rock mass). endobj 23, 96106 (1989), National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, India, You can also search for this author in The validity of BTS to determine de UTS is discussed by many researchers. <>/ExtGState<>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text/ImageB/ImageC/ImageI] >>/Annots[ 18 0 R 22 0 R 25 0 R 34 0 R 35 0 R 40 0 R 41 0 R 43 0 R 46 0 R] /MediaBox[ 0 0 612 792] /Contents 17 0 R/Group<>/Tabs/S/StructParents 1>> Proceedings of the Indian Geotechnical Conference 2019, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-33-6466-0_43, Shipping restrictions may apply, check to see if you are impacted, Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout. 40 sieve; and fine sand is material passing a No. endobj Guy i want to now how i can get the soil properties from Atterberg Limits. xmp.did:DB820E53F4D0E211A299A0E094769D72 In the case of the Mohr-Coulomb model reduces to the "tension cut-off" Rankine model with a triangular . 0000000516 00000 n <>>> Sounds strange to try that approach if you have a fussy enough project that needs tri-ax testing. 0000002280 00000 n The rock should be loaded so that breakage occurs in approximately the same direction as fracture propagation between adjacent cuts on the tunnel face. |QJ}m Description Cohesion (kPa) Friction angle () GW well-graded gravel, fine to coarse gravel 0 40 GP poorly graded gravel 0 38 GM silty gravel 0 36 GC clayey gravel 0 34 GM-GL silty . It gives us an idea of the shear strength of the soil. 0000001774 00000 n There are also correlations for UCS with shear strength as estimated fromthe field using Vane Shear Tests. Soils when wet retain water, and some expand in volume (smectite clay). *Eng-Tips's functionality depends on members receiving e-mail. (2005) is extended herein to include an effective normal . THE EFFECTIVE ANGLE OF FRICTION WAS DETERMINED BY CONSOLIDATED, DRAINED SHEAR TESTS AND BY CONSOLIDATED UNDRAINED TRIAXIAL TESTS. 0000003428 00000 n THE RESULTS OBTAINED BY THESE TWO METHODS SHOWED A WIDE DIFFERENCE, NAMELY 22 DEGREES AND 26 DEGREES RESPECTIVELY. Co-crystallization by liquid-assisted grinding, solution evaporation, time- or heat-induced conversion, and various stoichiometric molar ratios of parent compounds (CBZ and DL/L-TA) were tested. Different values of friction angle can be defined, including the peak friction angle, 'p, the critical state friction angle, 'cv, or residual friction angle, 'r. Grain Size Distribution/Particle Size Distribution, 2.4.7.4. FRICTION ANGLE OF SOIL AND ROCK . In the case of 0000007141 00000 n Thus these tests are used widely in the preliminary stages of designing any structure to ensure that the soil will have the correct amount of shear strength and not too much change in volume as it expands and shrinks with different moisture contents. Cohesive soils are clay type soils. Except the force needed, the deformation is measured too. Values of the base friction angle were found to depend on the dominating clay mineral. Plasticity index and liquid limit Cetin and Ozan (2009) has provided correlation of CPT analysis results with plasticity index and liquid limit as the following expression below: P_I = 10(2.37 + 1.33*log10(F_r) - log10(qt1net))/2.25 Eng. When the friction coefficient rises to ~ 0.3, the initial plastic zone is at the surface and local plastic deformation can occur at any significant normal pressure. 429 0 obj<>stream Glacial tills are often combinations of the first three, making them composite soils. Fig. For example, the use of plasticity index, PI, to estimate the effective friction angle, , and the use of the liquidity index, LI, to determine the undrained shear strength, s u, are the normal geotechnical practices.Nevertheless, such correlations have a substantial scatter (Kulhawy and . 15. '.n`w%+ e6 Answer (1 of 3): I'm not sure if this is an agricultural soils question or a construction soils question. The SPT N values obtained from different sites are observed to vary between 4 and 70. 11 0 obj For design of foundation, engineering properties like strength and deformability characteristics of soils are very important parameters. BTSmeasurements are made using an electronic-servo controlledMTSstiff testing machine with a capacity of 220 kips. ASCE Geotechnical Special Publication No. ), This page was last edited on 17 November 2022, at 15:31. The plot is shear strength (corrected) vs time and the test was . Clays and silts interact with water and thus change sizes and have varying shear strengths. A soil is considered non-plastic if a thread cannot be rolled out down to 3.2mm at any moisture possible.[3]. The correlation of undrained shear strength (q u) with plasticity index (PI) appears to be spurious as soon as it is TWO METHODS WERE USED FOR CORRECTION OF THE TRIAXIAL TEST RESULTS WITH REGARD TO THE STRESS HISTORY . and plasticity index Several studies have been reported in the literature with regards to the correlation between the effective angle of shearing resistance ' peak and plasticity index I P (Brooker and Ireland 1965, Ladd et al. 2014-02-02T14:12:58+01:00 '[\uN1p^A +1rUtCYrV)DEPcgIC&~@L@s 13Yj0xL@:?Sub13 Acg(BT 63Ycg\1fMAw63WH1s?p9i\& XsB_' cUIaRxhUs=U>cp[?z[scc G{k_= Two important theories of soil shear are the critical state theory and the steady state theory. Geotechnical characteristics of a soil related to its water content, "Brief history of Swedish Soil Mechanics", "ASTM D4318 - 10 Standard Test Methods for Liquid Limit, Plastic Limit, and Plasticity Index of Soils", "Fundamental Aspects of the Atterberg Limits", "The effect of surface roughness and shear rate during fall-cone calibration", "Atterberg Limits Soil Classification - Liquid Limit, Plastic Limit, Shrinkage", FUNDAMENTAL ASPECTS OF THE ATTERBERG LIMITS, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Atterberg_limits&oldid=1122433066, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0. In this work, the corrosion resistance of this material is analyzed through electrochemical tests, which include open circuit potential (OCP) inspection and potentiodynamic polarization (PD) scanning. startxref converted Grid size 100*100 A) F - Y =20 o. are important for evaluation of the vibration parameter by numerical modeling of soil. '],/e. A~$U+:.q}Y# oF)_}:T"P"Zg8{6sF][[!`ElBvp&`1,0RQ0.+qj. The present study focused to estimate the angle of internal friction () of cohesionless soil and cohesive (c-) soil considering field standard penetration test (SPT) data. <<1CE915C3E381EF44931DBAAE3A3CF6B6>]>> uuid:7b99532c-a101-4498-bb73-3d77095868a3 A) and B) demonstrate that for the same difference between F and Y the results are different but both result in thick and regular shear bands. C*rcuHfO7\V)s.j]?(59y$q8` Geotechnical Engineering: Principles and Practices. Correlation between c'/ z' and plasticity index <>/ExtGState<>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text/ImageB/ImageC/ImageI] >>/MediaBox[ 0 0 612 792] /Contents 4 0 R/Group<>/Tabs/S/StructParents 0>> 0000006209 00000 n Its definition is derived from the Mohr-Coulomb failure criterion and it is used to describe the friction shear resistance of soils together with the normal effective stress.Soil friction angle is a shear strength parameter of soils. This is an intrinsic property of a substance that is caused by the shape and structure of its molecules which makes the distribution of orbiting electrons irregular when molecules get close to one another, creating electrical attraction that can maintain a macroscopic structure such as a water drop. The moisture content at which it takes 25 drops of the cup to cause the groove to close over a distance of 12.7 millimetres (0.50in) is defined as the liquid limit. It is seen from the tests that there is a correlation between peak and residual friction angle and plasticity index. The in-situ bulk density of undisturbed samples recovered through pitcher sampler is in the range of 17.9018.90 kN/m3. The consistency index (Ic) indicates the consistency (firmness) of a soil. The results of the corrected Vane Shear Strength measured in-situ are shown in the following plot. It is based on the measurement of penetration into the soil of a standardized stainless steel cone of specific apex angle, length and mass. In general it can be stated that the BTS over estimates the UTS. In situ water content and fines content observed plays an important role in case of c- soil, hence plasticity index (PI) and fines content (p) are also included in model equation in case of c- soil. The plasticity index is the size of the range of water contents where the soil exhibits plastic properties. 0000001683 00000 n %PDF-1.5 In general, the plasticity index depends only on the amount of clay present. [5], Another method for measuring the liquid limit is the fall cone test, also called the cone penetrometer test. The uniaxial unconfined tensile strength is defined in the same way as the compressive strength. Lab triaxial data needs to be very carefully appraised. 0000009831 00000 n Found. Geoenviron. 2021 The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. Dalai, S., Patra, C. (2021). Foundation Engineering Handbook. Reverse engineering is your friend. Adobe InDesign CS6 (Windows) . TITLE Contents Contents 2 1 INTRODUCTION 6 BACKGROUND 6 OBJECTIVES 11 SCOPE OF THE TECDOC 12 Design Considerations: General Framework 12 US Practice 13 Other Member State If activity lies within the above values then the soil is moderately active.[10]. By using regression analysis, the empirical equations are developed. The mean value of PI was 38.9%, which ha a standard deviation (S.D.) Reasons such as off-topic, duplicates, flames, illegal, vulgar, or students posting their homework. The equation for flow curve is: W = - If Log N + C, Where 'If is the slope of flow curve and is termed as "Flow Index"[9], The shearing strength of clay at the plastic limit is a measure of its toughness. versus plasticity index (P.I.) <> The inorganic soil ML and MH and the organic soils OL, OH plot in the same zones of the plasticity chart. from application/x-indesign to application/pdf I have some triaxial testing done but the results are a bit strange so want to know how do can i compare them with Atterberg Limits?? all come into play in the back-calc - whereas your sample might be "intact". startxref Close this window and log in. The effective friction angle is interpreted based on three different criteria, i.e., qmax, maximum obliquity, and 15% strain. As the moisture content falls due to evaporation, the thread will begin to break apart at larger diameters. Even though metal fatigue has been studied for almost 160 years, many problems remain unsolved. Int. I think it's important that this research exists, but for practical correlation to actual friction angle on a project (or to justify a lab value, I'm not sure, there's much value. Please let us know here why this post is inappropriate. 17 0 obj In the AASHTO Soil Classification System: gravel is material smaller than 75 mm (3 in.) If activity is less than 0.75, the soil is inactive. The soils consisted of monomineralic soils, some natural soils and the goose lake flour - a commercial standard soil used in research at Soil Mechanics Laboratory of University of Illinois. 36(4), 19 (1996), Hettiarachchi, H., Brown, T.: Use of SPT blow counts to estimate shear strength properties of soils: energy balance approach. Proceedings of the Indian Geotechnical Conference 2019 pp 471477Cite as, Part of the Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering book series (LNCE,volume 137). It is called associated plasticity, if the angle of dilation is equal to the angle of internal friction. Plasticity index shows the size of the range of the moisture content at which the soil remains plastic. Unconfined Compressive Strength, UCS, can be determined in the laboratory using the Triaxial Test or the Unconfined Compressive Strength Test. xref endobj However, it was found to increase with an . the cohesion and effective friction angle ( ) from grain size, plasticity index, and density from soils collected in Iran. [ 7 0 R] %PDF-1.7 Depending on its water content, soil may appear in one of four states: solid, semi-solid, plastic and liquid. Soils Found. The most important test for rock in the field of dredging is the uniaxial unconfined compressive strength (UCS). There are four categories of soil types: very coarse-grained, coarse-grained, fine-grained and organic soils. 2014-02-02T14:12:42+01:00 but retained on a No. 2 0 obj endobj Seed, H.B. Click Here to join Eng-Tips and talk with other members! %%EOF HWY~vz G3] gwUKA=#+Y~63X7uyk|m-|,~=_MH63g6_2=gftKY|1MjJ,M]EJ|K[{HUd^V?MGZj|lwim .COz{'Rz^I@iY 9R}r8x:oI{_/Kl| MfP1>K}~\e/K[s=v-*?P~z&WFCC5uU2oH.Y{KDG&E@FHT#3sp7KRQRqiY$q^y 1+HPd7l+OVsr-.V{/W.YZtzU7t-/eAE8)KswM&Pcdb]cB=F#)FicE $'|@]b@HA*5z}ZDOQHu^1@Y(HRTXe_51Y=h Penetration tests and bearing capacity of cohesionless soils. This is of significance in more advanced analyses such as in finite element analysis. These studies are however mainly focused on Loading data and other test parameters are recorded with a computer based data acquisition system, and the data is subsequently reduced and analyzed with a customized spreadsheet program. The plasticity index is the size of the range of water contents where the soil exhibits plastic properties. More over, sum of Liquidity index and Consistency index equal to 1 (one). 13 0 obj 8 0 obj Pure fully ordered CBZ:DL-TA (1:1) and pure channel-like CBZ:L-TA (3:1) co-crystals were designed by LAG. 1996 among others). Sowers, 1979. J. Civ. xmp.id:25BED4B20B8CE311AB2BC2FA1EC4F0AD The results can be used to estimate the undrained shear strength of soils. determination of the corresponding values of cohesion and angle of internal friction). The PI is the difference between the liquid limit and the plastic limit (PI = LL-PL). HtTKo@Wqa1`HNTJT^c*m%38i{X}7+Bebm;+ =)k*N++\5nH4%iNuA~[WgO.Ll=q +! <> Cohesion is the force that holds together molecules or like particles within a soil. Login. The shear strength of soil depends on the effective stress, the drainage conditions, the density of the particles, the rate of strain, and the direction of the strain. Thanks, BigH for the TPMFigure 19.7. <> Koppula (1981) and Wroth et al. Hamid Rajabi is a Lecturer in Civil Engineering in the Department of Civil Engineering and Industrial Design at the University of Liverpool. Due to interlocking, particulate material may expand or contract in volume as it is subject to shear strains. seems more reasonable to use atterbergs along with gradations to check that you're on a similar material as that which you've already assigned a phi to after a round of initial lab tests. 0000002976 00000 n * mYS'{zbBM]Y(ao poT:c>{`hvV s0{"tyUY 0AW`\kT{>AJ=taE^=okq-hJnb : Overburden correction factors for SPT in sand. ], crVUbPUD Learn methods and guidelines for using stereolithography (SLA) 3D printed molds in the injection molding process to lower costs and lead time. Linear regression model gives simple equation with greater accu-racy. If the sample length to diameter ratio was greater or less than 2, ASTM recommends a correction factor that is applied to theUCSvalue determined from testing. (as referenced in Coduto, 1999. Better for some plants worse for others. We also acknowledge previous National Science Foundation support under grant numbers 1246120, 1525057, and 1413739. "N Q%D$1yR1*P~ 3UZ%gI5~*E$wVTf,Yt71T|XtHN|>zeCdZlG.H3MDjRn+4LQ#2D$Rpq}_U!(-pOoQcT;]PRjXw-fdl;R6{Lrjd6Kwf. If activity exceeds 1.4 then the soil is termed as active. Adobe InDesign CS6 (Windows) xb```b``i``a`af@ a+s|TUPozTc]]WIlPIQreHXDP%Cb6J>t9NQj [/latex] The center of mass of the pencil is located 9.0 cm from the tip of the eraser and 11.0 cm from the tip of the pencil lead. <<2b65d4dd500e904693dc5029730b53cf>]>> Although this scale was established in the early of the 19thcentury it appeared that the increment of Mohs scale corresponded with a 60% increase in indentation hardness. "?A$^aHQd6,yl2cj-}3D8/K_3O2WF{D*a"$)pn0kw1nQ)( [;/&G_-XUeQCeW/nJF9l* ek)woMZb{`PY^yUwv3`*+dXCo.aBqW[I<2 M=PIG9 Soil friction angle is a shear strength parameter of soils. 7 0 obj 39(5), 6171 (1999), CrossRef Plasticity Index (PI or I P ) is calculated as the Plastic Limit subtracted from the Liquid Limit and is an important value when classifying soil types. 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TUBBS, Geotechnical Properties of Geologic Materials, Engineering Geology in Washington, Volume 1, Washington Division of Geology and Earth Resources Bulletin 78, 1989, Link. This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution. We are currently in an ongoing "discussion" with a large highway consultant about the effective phi angle for a clay soil with PI of 30 or less. Das, B. M. (2006). Likely the cohesian intercept can be taken near zero - so if you know the groundwater level, you should be able to determine phi. So the complete stress-strain curve is measured from which the deformation modulus and the specific work of failure can be calculated. The intermolecular forces responsible for the function of various kinds of stickers and sticky tape fall into the categories of chemical adhesion, dispersive adhesion, and diffusive adhesion. Engineering judgment should be used in selecting a specific value. Eng. endobj Cohesive soil of low plasticity can beusedin rein forced earth providing that bar -mesh reinforcement is used. Strength/Index Property Model a Comments Test Standard; California Bearing Ratio b: M R (psi) = 2555 ( CBR) 0.64 M R (MPa) = 17.6 ( CBR) 0.64: CBR = California Bearing Ratio (%) AASHTO T193-The California Bearing Ratio . The distinction between the inorganic and organic soils is made by oven-drying. Plasticity Index - Free download as Excel Spreadsheet (.xls / .xlsx), PDF File (.pdf), Text File (.txt) or read online for free. (eds) Proceedings of the Indian Geotechnical Conference 2019. By the way i have got the Lab redoing the testing doing single stage triaxials not multi as before. The precise definition of the liquid limit is based on standard test procedures described below. endobj Correlation between effective friction angle ' and plasticity index Fig. MD02007B48, Maryland State Highway Administration, Baltimore (2001), Yoshida, Y.: Empirical formulas of SPT blow-counts for gravelly soils. Department of Civil Engineering, Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology (SVNIT), Surat, Gujarat, India, Department of Applied Mechanics, Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology (SVNIT), Surat, Gujarat, India, Department of Civil, Materials, and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, USA, Department of Civil Engineering, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, WA, Australia. The forces that cause adhesion and cohesion can be divided into several types. It is the ratio of plasticity index to the flow index. : Pile capacity prediction using parameter functions. 4 0 obj Typical values of soil friction angle An existing effective stress limit plasticity solution for piezocone penetration tests (CPTu) is calibrated to evaluate the effective stress friction angle ( ) . I really do like the graph that BigH provided. An example of this is rapid loading of sands during an earthquake, or the failure of a clay slope during heavy rain, and applies to most failures that occur during construction. A lack of statistical analysis is noted throughout the paper with no mention of a correlation coefficient for the relationship between f 1 and f 2 with plasticity index. Casagrande subsequently standardized the apparatus (by incorporating a crank-rotated cam mechanism to standardize the dropping action) and the procedures to make the measurement more repeatable. P *8Gx_+OFoeh5k}KQ\`q&]Wv>?&wo. 0000001483 00000 n 427 21 Civ. HUn0+TP@-z8@RNIL*dw~J4>9;;K;Nofj6P3k*wyA@ysg|@ApPi'c$zw(f yYjg Hopefully they should give a better results. 10 0 obj xmp.did:DB820E53F4D0E211A299A0E094769D72 Eng. 185 11 7azB7rjd9!1J XT\i= 9 0 obj trailer Already a Member? In each state, the consistency and behavior of soil are different, and consequently so are its engineering properties. ; "p! In these advanced analysis methods, soil models other than Tresca may be used to model the undrained condition including Mohr-Coulomb and critical state soil models such as the modified Cam-clay model, provided Poisson's ratio is maintained at 0.5. . The liquid limit (LL) is conceptually defined as the water content at which the behavior of a clayey soil changes from the plastic state to the liquid state. The plastic limit is defined as the gravimetric moisture content where the thread breaks apart at a diameter of 3.2mm (about 1/8 inch). Proc. 5(05), 231 (2015), Sivrikaya, O., Torol, E.: Determination of undrained strength of fine-grained soils by means of SPT and its application in Turkey. CL clay of low plasticity, lean clay 20 27 CH clay of high plasticity, fat clay 25 22 OL organic silt, organic clay 10 25 of 23.3%. Undrained strength is typically defined by Tresca theory, based on Mohr's circle as: \[\ \mathrm{\sigma_{1}-\sigma_{3}=2 \cdot S_{u}=U . As the friction coefficient increases the initial plastic zone moves closer to the surface and unconstrained plastic flow occurs at a lower normal pressure. Thus, the boundary between each state can be defined based on a change in the soil's behavior. The liquid limit test is defined by ASTM standard test method D4318. Residual shear strength (angle of internal friction) has been plotted against plasticity index in Figure 7.9. /TRRL/, The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Copyright 2023 National Academy of Sciences. endobj The estimated equations are verified by validating the correlations with experimental values obtained from field which in turn can be used for geotechnical engineering design problems. Correspondence to The curve obtained from the graph of water content against the log of blows while determining the liquid limit lies almost on a straight line and is known as the flow curve. Although the Casagrande test is widely used across North America, the fall cone test is much more prevalent in Europe and elsewhere due to being less dependent on the operator in determining the liquid limit.[6]. Aggour, M.S., Radding, W.R.: Standard penetration test (SPT) correction. zuNEpnX_'=U@xt)cO7Y The coefficient of friction is equal to tan(). The drained shear strength is the shear strength of the soil when pore fluid pressures, generated during the course of shearing the soil, are able to dissipate during shearing. . If it is related to construction it is almost always worse. Conceptually, there is no such thing as the undrained strength of a soil. 40 sieve but retained on a No. Report No. 1977, Stark and Eid 1997, Terzaghi et al. So, the results obtained are more reliable. The tests were conducted at normal stress ranging from 0.1 to 3.5 kg/sq.cm and values of residual friction angle were plotted against plasticity index. <>/Metadata 924 0 R/ViewerPreferences 925 0 R>> cis called cohesion, however, it usually arises as a consequence of forcing a straight line to fit through measuredvalues of (,')even though the data actually falls on a curve. The plasticity index (PI) is a measure of the plasticity of a soil. The principles of soil classification for engineering purposes are based on particle size distribution, plasticity, organic content and genesis. Thank you for helping keep Eng-Tips Forums free from inappropriate posts.The Eng-Tips staff will check this out and take appropriate action. Correlations between resilient modulus and various material strength and index properties (NCHRP 1-37A, 2004). endstream endobj 428 0 obj<>>>/LastModified(D:20040211120257)/MarkInfo<>>> endobj 430 0 obj<>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text]/ExtGState<>>>/StructParents 0>> endobj 431 0 obj<> endobj 432 0 obj<> endobj 433 0 obj<> endobj 434 0 obj<> endobj 435 0 obj<> endobj 436 0 obj<>stream Fig. xMoIH>D?($je =gX!Kfdaw0F~nxqn?fV5_Kv~1f8~!g6^]lc|:LM3.5s\lzDpv6&^`"S5}^aWk6^#YW|fW!7`6]M1cdZF"[~m;fB B>f#+'(` 19.7 from TPM (hopefully with no ill feelings of Wiley) to show the relationship of phi' vs Plasticity index - but note that while there is a trend line shown there is wide scatter - for instance, soft clays with PI of 30 are shown to have phi' of between about 25 and 35. Am. )FQah'+ XXTL)+I!tQEx#&tUqz}?|s Anyone you share the following link with will be able to read this content: Sorry, a shareable link is not currently available for this article. 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