A Synthetic Material to Simulate Soft Rocks and Its Applications for Model Studies of Socketed Piles

Table 1

UCS testing programs and results.

Number	Cement	Plaster	Water-cement ratio	Sand	Hardening accelerator	Density	Curing time	Average UCS value	Average deformation modulus
	(%)	(%)		(%)	(%)	(g/cm^3)	(d)	(MPa)	(MPa)
A1	6.0	5.0	0.50	82.12	1.38	1.70	7	1.12	158.62
A2	6.0	5.0	0.50	82.12	1.38	1.75	7	1.56	204.60
A3	6.0	5.0	0.50	82.12	1.38	1.80	7	1.97	283.91
A4	6.0	5.0	0.50	82.12	1.38	1.85	7	2.56	378.97
A5	6.0	5.0	0.50	82.12	1.38	1.90	7	3.00	428.85
A6	6.0	5.0	0.50	82.12	1.38	1.95	7	3.43	471.38
B1	4.5	5.0	0.50	84.71	1.04	1.80	3	1.08	107.50
B2	4.5	5.0	0.50	84.71	1.04	1.80	5	1.22	138.80
B3	4.5	5.0	0.50	84.71	1.04	1.80	14	1.62	204.64
B4	4.5	5.0	0.50	84.71	1.04	1.80	21	1.70	219.56
B5	6.0	5.0	0.50	82.12	1.38	1.95	3	2.33	336.85
B6	6.0	5.0	0.50	82.12	1.38	1.95	5	2.95	407.23
B7	6.0	5.0	0.50	82.12	1.38	1.95	14	3.63	496.99
B8	6.0	5.0	0.50	82.12	1.38	1.95	21	3.80	522.17
C1	4.5	5.0	0.50	84.71	1.04	1.80	7	1.44	157.88
C2	6.0	5.0	0.50	82.12	1.38	1.80	7	1.74	237.90
C3	8.0	5.0	0.50	78.66	1.84	1.80	7	2.62	375.71
C4	11.0	5.0	0.50	73.47	2.53	1.80	7	3.37	442.15
C5	14.0	5.0	0.50	68.28	3.22	1.80	7	3.72	560.08
D1	4.5	3.0	0.50	87.71	1.04	1.80	7	1.22	211.32
D2	4.5	8.0	0.50	80.21	1.04	1.80	7	1.52	256.99
D3	4.5	11.0	0.50	75.71	1.04	1.80	7	1.61	273.64
D4	4.5	14.0	0.50	71.21	1.04	1.80	7	1.84	312.89
E1	4.5	5.0	0.35	86.135	1.04	1.80	7	0.85	148.56
E2	4.5	5.0	0.43	85.375	1.04	1.80	7	1.02	186.18
E3	4.5	5.0	0.58	83.95	1.04	1.80	7	1.57	254.22
E4	4.5	5.0	0.65	83.285	1.04	1.80	7	1.48	219.09
F1	4.5	5.0	0.50	85.75	0.00	1.80	7	1.41	188.39
F2	4.5	5.0	0.50	85.3	0.45	1.80	7	1.39	201.22
F3	4.5	5.0	0.50	84.85	0.90	1.80	7	1.53	224.98
F4	4.5	5.0	0.50	84.53	1.22	1.80	7	1.62	199.23
F5	4.5	5.0	0.50	84.4	1.35	1.80	7	1.53	208.34

Note. The quantities are proportions by weight. The water-cement ratio refers to the water/(cement + plaster) value.