A Simplified Approach to Estimating the Collapsible Behavior of Loess

Table 1

Empirical values of E0, Es, and β for loess.

Areas	Liquidity index IL	(MPa)	(MPa)	β
Shaanxi Province	= 0.107	31.9	2.65	12.0
	= 0.093	8.7	3.53	2.5
	< 0	2.08	5.1	0.4
	= 0.03	13.97	4	3.5
	= 0.39	74.5	3.8	19.6
	= 0.48	16.7	8.43	2.0
	= 0.23	8.55	3.08	2.8
Gansu Province	< 0	12.22	27.8	0.4
	< 0	44.9	19.3	2.3
	= 0.56	24	3.23	7.4
	< 0	31.6	6	5.3
	< 0	7.07	11	0.6
	< 0	14.4	10.6	1.4
	= 0.22	21	2.21	9.5
Qinghai Province	< 0	80.9	31.8	2.5
	< 0	76.2	18	4.2
	< 0	55.5	20.4	2.7
	< 0	67.2	37.6	1.8
	< 0	64.7	17.4	3.7
	= 0.4	31.8	8.9	3.6
	< 0	31.1	8.73	3.6