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    Typical values - Young's modulus for coarse-grained material (MPa)

    USCS Description Loose Medium Dense


    GW, SW Gravels/Sand well-graded 30-80 80-160 160-320
    SP Sand, uniform 10-30 30-50 50-80
    GM , SM Sand/Gravel silty 7-12 12-20 20-30

    Typical values - Young's modulus for Fine-grained material (MPa)

    Very soft to Stiff to very


    USCS Description Medium Hard
    soft stiff
    ML Silts with slight plasticity 2.5 - 8 10 - 15 15 -40 40 - 80
    ML, CL Silts with low plasticity 1.5 - 6 6 -10 10 - 30 30 -60
    CL Clays with low-medium plasticity 0.5 - 5 5 -8 8 - 30 30 - 70
    CH Clays with high plasticity 0.35 - 4 4 -7 7 - 20 20 - 32
    OL Organic silts - 0.5 -5 - -
    OH Organic clays - 0.5 -4 - -

    REFERENCES:

     Kezdi, A. (1974). Handbook of Soil Mechanics. Elsevier, Amsterdam. ISBN - 10: 044499890X.
     Prat, M., Bisch, E., Millard, A., Mestat, P., and Cabot, G. (1995). La modelisation des ouvrages.
    Hermes, Paris.
     Obrzud RF, Truty A. (2012). The Hardening Soil model – a practical guidebook. Technical report
    Z_Soil.PC 100701, Zace Services Ltd, Lausanne.

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