Research Article
An Experimental Study on Unconfined Compressive Strength of Soft Soil-Cement Mixtures with or without GGBFS in the Coastal Area of Vietnam
Table 1
Physicomechanical properties of soft soil.
| No. | Properties of soil | Site I | Site II | Site III |
| 1 | Water content, W (%) | 81.7 | 69.7 | 98.0 | 2 | Unit weight, ρ, g/cm3 | 1.49 | 1.55 | 1.45 | 3 | Dry unit weight, ρc, g/cm3 | 0.82 | 0.91 | 0.73 | 4 | Specific gravity, ρs, g/cm3 | 2.68 | 2.66 | 2.65 | 5 | Void ratio, e | 2.268 | 1.923 | 2.630 | 6 | Liquid limit, LL (%) | 87.8 | 59.7 | 78.4 | 7 | Plastic limit, PL | 33.0 | 28.8 | 31.5 | 8 | Plasticity index, PI | 54.8 | 30.9 | 46.9 | 9 | Liquidity index, Is | 0.89 | 1.32 | 1.35 | 10 | Unconfined compressive strength, UCS, kPa | 21.3 | 15.9 | 11.2 |
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