Table 1 Physical and mechanical parameters of the soils.

From: Longitudinal seismic responses of large diameter shield tunnel crossing liquefied bank slope

Soil name

Maximum initial shear modulus G0 (MPa)

Weight (kN/m3)

Internal friction angle ϕ (°)

Young’s modulus (MPa)

Poisson’s ratio v

1 silty fine sand

33

19.6

34.2

4.5

0.37

2 silty sand

63

19.3

28.0

4.5

0.34

1–2-1 silty clay mixed with silt

47

18.3

33.9

7.8

0.34

silty clay

109

18.9

24.7

2.3

0.37

1 muddy clay

18

18

21.3

1.5

0.39

2 silty sand

49

19.3

31.2

3.9

0.34

3 muddy silty

46

18.1

19.9

1.5

0.39

4 silt and silty

114

18.3

25.3

6.5

0.34

5 muddy silty

46

18.0

23.6

2.5

0.39

1 silty clay mixed silt

59

18.1

24.5

5.2

0.34

1–1 silty fine sand

172

19.1

35.2

9.2

0.29

2 silty soils

123

18.2

28.6

10.5

0.32

fine sand

216

19.8

33.6

40.9

0.26

1 silty fine sand

201

19.6

34.0

22.9

0.29

1 medium-coarse sand

220

20.2

35.2

48.0

0.27

1–1 silty sand

250

19.3

38.2

37.5

0.25

silty sand

304

20

31.6

26.0

0.34