Custom Granular Soil

Soil that behaves in a drained manner in the short and long term.

 

Classification

Items > Materials > Custom Granular Soil

 

Available in the following programs

Repute

 

Properties

Property

Type

 

Description

Default value/units

Example/range of values

General

Name

The item's name

Soil 1

any text

Type

The item's type

Custom Granular Soil

 

Category

The item's sub group

Soil

 

Kind

The item's group

Materials

 

Notes

Free-form notes regarding this item

 

any text

Classification

Class

The soil's class

-

not available

State

The soil's state

-

very loose, loose, medium dense, dense, very dense

Strict validation

If checked, enforce narrower range of typical geotechnical properties of the soil.

no

yes/no

Mass/Weight densities

See Cohesionless Soils

Drained strength

See Cohesionless Soils

Drained stiffness

See Cohesionless Soils

Help

Help file

Help file providing further information about this soil

Rex.chm

 

Web site

 

Web site for the program

www.geocentrix.co.uk/help/

 

 

Database properties of custom granular soil

Parameter

Classification

Minimum

Default

Maximum

Class

State

Ext.

Normal

Normal

Ext.

r d (kg/m3)

Uncl

Unsp

600

1200

2000

2400

2500

r s (kg/m3)  

Uncl

Unsp

850

1200

2000

2400

2600

f peak (deg)

Uncl

Unsp

10

20

30

50

60

f crit (deg)

Uncl

Unsp

8

20

25

35

45

c'peak (kPa)

Uncl

Unsp

0

0

0

10

100

c'crit (kPa)

Uncl

Unsp

0

0

0

0

5

 

 

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