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

Table 4

Summary of particle size distribution analysis.

Samples	PSD curve parameters (μm)				Grain size percentage (%)
					Sand	Silt	Clay
Original sample	0.80	6.70	14.51	19.29	1.8	73.4	24.8
RS_1	0.41	5.27	13.13	17.76	0.5	70.3	29.2
RS_2	0.37	4.71	12.12	17.15	0.7	68.5	30.8
RS_3	0.35	4.06	11.85	16.39	0.2	67.1	32.7
RS_4	0.39	4.98	12.36	17.51	0.4	69.5	30.1
RS_5	0.36	4.66	12.67	17.33	0.5	68.6	30.9
RS_6	0.31	3.63	11.76	16.42	0.3	66.1	33.6
RS_7	0.37	4.73	12.78	17.38	0.5	68.7	30.8
RS_8	0.36	4.43	12.09	16.56	0.3	67.8	31.9
RS_9	0.31	3.24	11.68	16.48	0.2	65.4	34.4

, , , and are the particle sizes corresponding to 10, 30, 50, and 60% finer on the cumulative particle size distribution curve, respectively.