Model

Site

Soil Type

WC

Z

Unit weight

Effective stress

LL

PI

Pred.

USS

Actual USS

% Diff.

USS = 29.230 − 0.205WC + 0.043σv

(Model 4)

Cawthrone

MH or OH

252.00

4.5

12.25

55.13

273

156

−20.06

12.00

−267.2

Cawthrone

CH

69.00

12.8

16.42

209.36

52

29

24.09

25.00

−3.65

Cawthrone

CH

23.00

18.0

19.60

352.80

64

46

39.69

39.00

1.76

Chanomi

CH

32.00

22.5

18.09

407.03

110

84

40.17

51.00

−21.23

USS = 66.49 1.10 W C + 0.070 σ v + 0.0049 W C 2 0.00007 σ v 2

(Model 5)

Cawthrone

MH or OH

252.00

4.5

12.25

55.13

273

156

104.10

12.00

767.5

Cawthrone

CH

69.00

12.8

16.42

209.36

52

29

25.51

25.00

2.04

Cawthrone

CH

23.00

18.0

19.60

352.80

64

46

59.77

39.00

53.26

Chanomi

CH

32.00

22.5

18.09

407.03

110

84

53.20

51.00

4.31

USS = 31.39 − 0.098WC − 0.341LL + 0.33PI + 0.050σv

(Model 6)

Cawthrone

MH or OH

252.00

4.5

12.25

55.13

273

156

−32.16

12.00

−368.0

Cawthrone

CH

69.00

12.8

16.42

209.36

52

29

26.98

25.00

7.91

Cawthrone

CH

23.00

18.0

19.60

352.80

64

46

40.13

39.00

2.91

Chanomi

CH

32.00

22.5

18.09

407.03

110

84

38.82

51.00

−23.89

USS = 203.728

W C 0.487

L L 1.584

P I 1.208

σ v 0.410

(Model 7)

Cawthrone

MH or OH

252.00

4.5

12.25

55.13

273

156

4.40

12.00

−63.29

Cawthrone

CH

69.00

12.8

16.42

209.36

52

29

25.95

25.00

3.82

Cawthrone

CH

23.00

18.0

19.60

352.80

64

46

68.86

39.00

76.58

Chanomi

CH

32.00

22.5

18.09

407.03

110

84

54.57

51.00

7.00

USS=175.80

W C 0.83

σ v 0.286

(Model 8)

Cawthrone

MH or OH

252.00

4.5

12.25

55.13

273

156

5.53

12.00

−53.92

Cawthrone

CH

69.00

12.8

16.42

209.36

52

29

23.85

25.00

−4.59

Cawthrone

CH

23.00

18.0

19.60

352.80

64

46

69.07

39.00

77.10

Chanomi

CH

32.00

22.5

18.09

407.03

110

84

54.65

51.00

7.15