Analysis of Settlement of Group Pile Foundation in Linear Viscoelastic Soil

Table 3

Soil properties.

Soil	Direct shear test, curve-fit strength envelope		One-dimensional consolidation test		Thickness (m)	Unit weight, γ (kN/m^3)	Void ratio, e0	Plasticity index, Ip	Liquidity index, IL
	Cohesion (kPa)	Internal friction angle (φ)	α1 −2 (MPa^−1)	Es (MPa)
Fill	38	17.4	0.30	6.07	2.6	19.2	0.76	16.0	0.42
Clay	50	18.5	0.23	7.65	2.0	19.6	0.71	17.2	0.28
Silt	11	22.5	0.25	7.56	5.6	18.5	0.85	5.8	0.60
Silt intermixed with silty sand	13	23.7	0.20	8.88	7.3	18.8	0.79	5.0	0.64
Soft clay	15	8.3	0.67	3.40	11.6	17.4	1.24	21.7	0.96