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<article-title>Corrigendum: Effect of grain size distribution on the shear properties of sand</article-title>
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<institution>School of Civil Engineering and Architecture</institution>, <institution>Shaanxi University of Technology</institution>, <addr-line>Hanzhong</addr-line>, <country>China</country>
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<institution>Research Center of Geotechnical Environment and Geological Hazards Control in Qinling-Daba Mountains</institution>, <institution>Shaanxi University of Technology</institution>, <addr-line>Hanzhong</addr-line>, <country>China</country>
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<institution>China Electronic Research Institute of Engineering Investigations and Design</institution>, <addr-line>Xi&#x2019;an</addr-line>, <country>China</country>
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<institution>Shaanxi Provincial Soil Engineering Technology Research Center</institution>, <addr-line>Xi&#x2019;an</addr-line>, <country>China</country>
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<institution>Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering</institution>, <institution>Worcester Polytechnic Institute</institution>, <addr-line>Worcester</addr-line>, <addr-line>MA</addr-line>, <country>United States</country>
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<corresp id="c001">&#x2a;Correspondence: Yalin Nan, <email>nan.yalin@dky53.com</email>; Mingjiang Tao, <email>taomj@wpi.edu</email>
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<related-article id="RA1" related-article-type="corrected-article" journal-id="Front. Mater." journal-id-type="nlm-ta" xlink:href="10.3389/fmats.2023.1219765" ext-link-type="doi">A Corrigendum on <article-title>Effect of grain size distribution on the shear properties of sand</article-title> by Guo H, Wang S, Guo C, Yang K, Guo R, Fu J, Nan Y and Tao M (2023). Front. Mater. 10:1219765. doi: <object-id>10.3389/fmats.2023.1219765</object-id>
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<p>In the published article, there was an error in <bold>Figure 4</bold> as published. The caption of <bold>Figure 4</bold> in the published article is &#x201c;Discrete model of 4 types of sands: <bold>(A)</bold> Gradation A; <bold>(B)</bold> Gradation A; <bold>(C)</bold> Gradation A; <bold>(D)</bold> Gradation (A).&#x201d; The corrected caption of <bold>Figure 4</bold> is &#x201c;Discrete model of 4 types of sands: <bold>(A)</bold> Gradation A; <bold>(B)</bold> Gradation B; <bold>(C)</bold> Gradation C; <bold>(D)</bold> Gradation D.&#x201d;</p>
<p>The authors apologize for this error and state that this does not change the scientific conclusions of the article in any way. The original article has been updated.</p>
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