In this paper, the influence of the lime content on the compaction characteristics and saturated hydraulic conductivity of lime-treated loess is studied experimentally. The test results reveal that as the maximum dry density \( \left({d}_{r_{\mathrm{max}}}\right) \) decreases, the corresponding value of optimum moisture increases with increasing lime content, and the relationship between lime content and \( \left({d}_{r_{\mathrm{max}}}\right) \) is nonlinear. On a semi-logarithmic scale, the relationship between the void ratio and the saturated hydraulic conductivity of the lime-treated soils is a cluster of parallel lines with intercepts that are related to the lime content.
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Liu, P., Zhang, X. & Yang, X. Experimental Study of the Effect of a Compacted Lime-Treated Loess on Its Hydraulic Conductivity. Soil Mech Found Eng 58, 78–84 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11204-021-09709-z
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