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Figure 4.7:2 Variation in the shear modulus as a function <strong>of</strong> the degree <strong>of</strong> saturation<br />

and confining pressure σ' 0 for a silt material (Glacier Way Silt) (Wu et al. 1984).<br />

Figure 4.7:3 shows the resilient modulus as function <strong>of</strong> the sum <strong>of</strong> the principal stresses<br />

for five different levels <strong>of</strong> saturation tested by Kolisoja (1996b). The single curve that<br />

differs most from the other curves is the one for dry material that shows significant lower<br />

stiffness than curves for material with water. It should be noted that during the tests<br />

Kolisoja found a certain degree <strong>of</strong> internal instability, which resulted in the finer materials<br />

not settling to the bottom <strong>of</strong> the sample during the test.

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