An evaluation system for the development of scaling off at earthen sites in arid areas in NW China

Cui, Kai; Du, Yumin; Zhang, Yinghui; Wu, Guopeng; Yu, Li

doi:10.1186/s40494-019-0256-z

Heritage Science

Table 3 The indices of engineering properties of rammed earth determined by the related geotechnical tests

From: An evaluation system for the development of scaling off at earthen sites in arid areas in NW China

Location	Layers	Grain size distribution		Porosity (%)	Shrinkage limit (%)
Location	Layers	Clay content (%)	Coarse silt content (%)	Porosity (%)	Shrinkage limit (%)
JYG	Crusted layers	6.55	44.96	17.98	18.72
	Loose layers	2.17	54.19	26.77	15.4
	Host soil layers	2.26	53.81	35.96	16.47
JQ	Crusted layers	10.57	64.48	31.95	18.47
	Loose layers	8.01	71.17	39.93	15.09
	Host soil layers	8.59	69.10	36.7	15.73
GT	Crusted layers	6.44	40.97	32.96	16.43
	Loose layers	3.67	48.11	40.89	13.11
	Host soil layers	5.12	44.18	37.59	15.01
LZ	Crusted layers	12.26	58.49	35.09	16.79
	Loose layers	10.53	64.58	42.11	12.56
	Host soil layers	10.82	62.59	37.74	13.47
ZY	Crusted layers	8.11	64.35	37.02	15.76
	Loose layers	6.53	69.82	46.27	12.71
	Host soil layers	3.72	72.36	37.55	14.86
WW	Crusted layers	5.21	71.86	37.77	14.16
	Loose layers	3.94	74.95	47.91	12.41
	Host soil layers	5.15	77.65	40.56	13.07
JT	Crusted layers	5.70	71.01	37.92	15.1
	Loose layers	4.14	74.17	44.15	13.05
	Host soil layers	4.24	71.95	39.01	13.58
YC	Crusted layers	6.97	49.97	38.72	15.3
	Loose layers	4.91	56.46	42.48	12.04
	Host soil layers	6.34	52.31	39.85	13.11
GD	Crusted layers	5.37	64.85	38.17	14.57
	Loose layers	3.64	66.81	39.68	12.28
	Host soil layers	2.64	72.72	38.91	13.27
LD	Crusted layers	5.20	61.93	38.22	14.3
	Loose layers	3.58	65.33	44.74	12.04
	Host soil layers	4.07	65.08	40.86	13.37
ML	Crusted layers	8.31	68.68	39.71	13.79
	Loose layers	6.39	72.32	41.96	13.08
	Host soil layers	4.30	76.99	42.08	13.06
PA	Crusted layers	4.49	79.91	38.61	14.64
	Loose layers	1.93	85.73	43.56	12.16
	Host soil layers	2.20	83.47	40.98	12.94
YJ	Crusted layers	4.98	81.93	43.51	14.08
	Loose layers	2.50	89.22	45.69	12.44
	Host soil layers	2.84	87.17	40.91	12.71
YD	Crusted layers	5.82	78.30	39.37	14.35
	Loose layers	4.41	81.96	44.32	11.7
	Host soil layers	3.75	83.39	41.54	12.87
TZ	Crusted layers	5.09	73.79	36.33	14.39
	Loose layers	5.05	78.28	49.40	11.59
	Host soil layers	4.12	77.22	40.12	13.54
DT	Crusted layers	4.51	79.24	45.32	13.51
	Loose layers	1.91	85.54	50.37	12.42
	Host soil layers	1.84	84.19	42.65	11.71
HZ	Crusted layers	3.77	78.82	48.68	13.52
	Loose layers	1.81	86.28	52.43	11.49
	Host soil layers	3.14	83.27	43.35	11.74
HD	Crusted layers	5.15	75.92	47.71	13.3
	Loose layers	4.55	79.52	51.92	11.63
	Host soil layers	4.94	78.18	44.36	11.94

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