Soil properties and state of the soil - Geotechnical Investigation and Design Tables - page 90

Table 7.24 Effect of compaction and suction (Bishop and Bjerrum, 1960; Dineen et al., 1999).

Soil type Compaction Moisture content Soil suction

OMC 9%-10% 2% Dry of OMC 150 kPa =

MDD 2.05 Mg/m 3 Standard OMC 30 kPa =

2% Wet of OMC

<

10 kPa

Bentonite enriched soil Standard % Dry of OMC 550 kPa

OMC 200 kPa

2% Wet of OMC 150 kPa

Modified % Dry of OMC

OMC 1000 kPa

2% Wet of OMC