Influence of Loosely Bound Water on Compressibility of Compacted Fine-Grained Soils

Table 6

Degree of saturation of the MH soil before and after the consolidation test.

Water content (%)	Dry density (g·cm^−3)	Degree of saturation calculated by the conventional void ratio (e)		Degree of saturation calculated by the modified void ratio
		Initial value (%)	Final value (%)	Initial value (%)	Final value (%)
34.0	1.46	107.08	115.72	85.75	93.64
	1.41	99.53	112.48	79.67	90.04
	1.38	95.26	109.04	76.25	87.28
	1.33	88.72	102.05	71.70	82.97
32.0	1.46	100.90	111.13	79.51	87.57
	1.41	93.68	104.84	73.81	82.62
	1.38	89.65	99.58	66.12	73.98
	1.33	83.91	93.88	17.18	11.80
29.4	1.46	92.59	103.31	71.23	78.81
	1.41	86.06	96.33	66.20	74.10
	1.38	82.37	93.28	63.36	71.76
	1.33	77.46	89.16	59.58	68.90
27.0	1.46	85.13	96.42	65.49	74.17
	1.41	79.04	89.20	60.80	68.61
	1.38	75.46	86.60	58.19	66.62
	1.33	70.80	81.56	54.46	62.74