Research Article

The Effect of Fines and Temperature on the Mode I Fracture Characteristics of the Frozen Sand

Table 1

Temperature and wildlife count in the three areas covered by the study.

 Jumoonjin sandKaolinite

Specific gravity (Gs)2.622.49
Max. dry unit weight (kN/m3)16.7-
Min. dry unit weight (kN/m3)13.3-
Coefficient of uniformity, Cu1.52-
Coefficient of curvature, Cg0.96-
Liquid limit, LL-44.88
Plastic limit, PL-32.75
Plasticity index, PI-16.13
% Finer by #200 (%)0.0699.86
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