Research Article
Strength Improvement of Black Cotton Soil Using Plastic Bottles and Crushed Glass Wastes
Table 3
Geotechnical properties of the natural soil.
| | Geotechnical properties | Values |
| | Grain analysis | Gravel (%) | 2.4 | | Sand (%) | 2.9 | | Silt (%) | 38.6 | | Clay (%) | 56.1 | | Natural moisture content (%) | 44 | | Average specific gravity (g/cm3) | 2.67 | | Free swell (%) | 128 | | Linear shrinkage (%) | 25 | | Liquid limit (%) | 87 | | Plastic limit (%) | 34.4 | | Plasticity index (%) | 52.6 | | Maximum dry density (g/cm3) | 1.4 | | Optimum moisture content (%) | 25.1 | | California Bearing Ratio | 2.6 | | Unconfined Compressive Strength (kPa) | Native soil | 53 | | Remolded | 91.2 |
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