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R-28 — Clay Low Plasticity

Soil Category
Clay Low Plasticity
Phi Deg
28
K0 (dimensionless)
0.5307
Ka (dimensionless)
0.361
Kp (dimensionless)
2.7698
Cohesion kPa (kPa)
20
Cohesion Note
Cohesion Psf Is Non-Monotonic vs Phi for Clay Low Plasticity Because the Source Rows Compile Multiple specimens; Cohesion Peaks at PHI=24 in the Das/Bowles compilation. Use Specimen Id to disambiguate.
Cohesion Psf (psf)
418
Delta Wall Friction Deg (deg)
19
Description
Lean Clay (CL), stiff, Drained
Gamma kN M3 (kN/m3)
19
Gamma Pcf (pcf)
121
Specimen Id
CL-Oc-Very-Stiff
clay_low_plasticity — phi deg 28 · specimen id CL-OC-very-stiff · K0 0.5307 dimensionless · Ka 0.361 dimensionless · Kp 2.7698 dimensionless | Earth Pressure Coefficients | Engineering Database