Experimental and Numerical Simulation Study on Shear Strength and Secondary Particle Breakage of Coarse Sand with Different Dry Densities

Table 3

Breakage values of particles in the direct shear test.

Dry density (ρd/g/m^3)	Crushing value (%)
	100 kPa	200 kPa	300 kPa	400 kPa
1.29	3.8	4.9	5.7	6.7
1.35	4.8	5.6	6.1	8.7
1.40	5.1	6.27	7.5	10.7
1.45	5.3	6.7	8.3	12.1
1.50	6.6	7.3	9.5	15.3
1.55	8.8	9.9	11.9	18.3