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. 2007 Oct 17;101(8):1267–1280. doi: 10.1093/aob/mcm245

Table 1.

Soil properties used in the simulations for the two idealistic soils S1 and S2 corresponding to saturated clay and loamy sand

Soil properties Soil type S1 Soil type S2
Young's modulus Esoil (MPa) 5·0 10·0
Poisson's ratio νsoil 0·45 0·25
Cohesion c (kPa) 5·0 2·0
Friction angle ϕ (°) 2·0 40·0
Volumetric weight ρ (kN m−3) 1·0 1·5