Effects of High Shearing Rates on the Shear Behavior of Saturated Loess Using Ring Shear Tests

Table 1

Sample properties.

Soil properties	Values
Natural water content (%)	7.4
Dry density (g∙cm^-3)	1.48
Specific gravity,	2.71
Liquid limit (%)	26.4
Plastic limit (%)	16.1
Plasticity index	10.3
Unified Soil Classification System	CL