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Elastic Properties of Soils: Foundation Analysis and Design (5th Edition)

This document provides typical values for elastic soil properties including Poisson's ratio and Young's modulus for different soil types such as clay, sand, silt, and rock. It also lists ranges for the modulus of subgrade reaction (Westegaard's modulus) for different soil densities and compositions under a 0.3 x 0.3 m slab. Poisson's ratio ranges from 0.1 to 0.5 depending on the soil type and saturation level, while Young's modulus spans from 2 MPa for very soft clay to over 5,000 MPa for shale.

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Elastic Properties of Soils: Foundation Analysis and Design (5th Edition)

This document provides typical values for elastic soil properties including Poisson's ratio and Young's modulus for different soil types such as clay, sand, silt, and rock. It also lists ranges for the modulus of subgrade reaction (Westegaard's modulus) for different soil densities and compositions under a 0.3 x 0.3 m slab. Poisson's ratio ranges from 0.1 to 0.5 depending on the soil type and saturation level, while Young's modulus spans from 2 MPa for very soft clay to over 5,000 MPa for shale.

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Elastic Properties of Soils

Can you suggest values for elastic soil properties?


Many sources list elastic properties of various soil
types. The data below is taken from Foundation
Analysis and Design (5th Edition), by J.E. Bowles,
1996 McGraw-Hill.

Poisson's ratio:
Clay, saturated: 0.4 to 0.5
Clay, unsaturated: 0.1 to 0.3
Sandy clay: 0.2 to 0.3
Silt: 0.3 to 0.35
Sand, gravelly sand: 0.1 to 1.0 (not elastic but 0.3 to
0.4 commonly used)
Rock: 0.1 to 0.3
Loess: 0.1 to 0.3

Poisson's ratio:
Most clay soils: 0.4 to 0.5
Saturated clay soils: 0.45 to 0.5
Cohesionless, medium and dense: 0.3 to 0.4
Cohesionless, loose to medium: 0.2 to 0.35

Young's modulus (MPa):


Clay:
Very soft: 2 to 15
Soft: 5 to 25
Medium: 15 to 50
Hard: 50 to 100
Sandy: 25 to 250
Glacial till:
Loose: 10 to 150
Dense: 150 to 720
Very dense: 500 to 1440
Loess: 15 to 60
Sand:
Silty: 5 to 20
Loose: 10 to 25
Dense: 50 to 81
Sand and gravel:
Loose: 50 to 150
Dense:100 to 200
Shale: 150 to 5,000
Silt: 2 to 20

Modulus of subgrade reaction (Westegaard's


modulus) (kN/m³) for 0.3 x 0.3 slab:
Loose sand: 4,800 to 16,000
Medium dense sand: 9,600 to 80,000
Dense sand: 64,000 to 128,000
Clayey medium dense sand: 32,000 to 80,000
Silty medium dense sand: 24,000 to 48,000
Clayey soil:
qa< 200kPa: 12,000 to 24,000
200kPa < qa < 800kPa: 24,000 to 48,000
qa > 800kPa: > 48,000

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