Microstructure of Compacted Loess and Its Influence on the Soil-Water Characteristic Curve

Table 3

Basic physical properties of compacted loess.

Soil type	Dry of optimum	Optimum	Wet of optimum
Water content (%)	8	17	19
Dry density (g·cm^−3)	1.56∼1.58	1.70∼1.72	1.66∼1.68
Void ratio	0.709∼0.730	0.588∼0.578	0.607∼0.616
Saturated water content (%)	26.4∼27.2	22.6∼23.0	21.6∼21.9