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Table 1 Mixture proportions of Toyoura sand and bentonite layers

From: Effect of hydraulic and mechanical characteristics of sediment layers on water film formation in submarine landslides

CC ratio (%)

Toyoura sand layer

Bentonite layer

Sand (g)

Cement (g)

Water (g)

Bentonite (g)

Cement (g)

Water (g)

0

60.0

0.0

0.0

20.0

0.0

60.0

10

60.0

6.7

13.3

18.0

2.0

60.0

20

60.0

15.0

15.0

16.0

4.0

60.0

30

60.0

25.8

17.2

14.0

6.0

60.0

40

60.0

40.0

20.0

12.0

8.0

60.0

  1. For Toyoura sand, the amount of water to the cement composites was set to 20% for all specimens. For the bentonite layer, 60 g of water was used for all specimens. This amount of water provides adequate workability for the 0% CC ratio, which had the lowest workability