LIQUEFACTION STRENGTHS OF POORLY-GRADED AND WELL-GRADED GRANULAR SOILS INVESTIGATED BY LAB TESTS - Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering - page 167

CFc for RS1 CFc for RS3

2.5

RS3 ρ max

2

RS1 ρ max

RS2 ρ max

1.5 RS3 ρ min

RS2 ρ min

RS1 ρ min

1

0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35

Fines content Fc (%)

Fig. 8.14. Minimum and maximum densityof three tested soils
withdifferent fines content

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piston piston

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cap

Load cell

cap

Lucite Lucite

pressure pressure

chamber

100

chamber
Porous

Porous
metal metal

20 2 0

Cell Cell

pressure

Pedestal

pressure
gauge gauge

o

o

o

Pore pressure Pore pressure

gauge

unit: mm

gauge

Fig. 8.15. Triaxial apparatus used in thisresearch