ISSN: 0149-6115
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Determination of the Transitional Fines Content of Mixtures of Sand and Non-plastic Fines

Yang, S
Post Doctoral Fellow,International Centre for Geohazards, Norwegian Geotechnical Institute,

Lacasse, S
Director,Norwegian Geotechnical Institute,

Sandven, R
Associate Professor,Department of Civil and Transport Engineering, NTNU,

(Received 4 January 2005; accepted 14 September 2005)

Abstract

Sand-silt mixtures show different behavior with different fines content. The transitional fines content (TFC) is a key parameter which can indicate if the soil behaves as a sand-dominated or as a fines-dominated material. The determination of the TFC for a sand-silt mixture and the possible ways of obtaining the TFC from index data and the triaxial test results are discussed in this study.

Keywords:
sand-silt mixtures, transitional fines content, triaxial test, index data

Paper ID: GTJ14010
DOI: 10.1520/GTJ14010
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