Liquefacation of silts and silt-clay mixtures... A small amount of clay in a matrix of non-plastic silt imparts a little plasticity to it....
Investigation on engineering properties of soil in akaki-kality sub city, addiss ababa... From the present study, it was found that the predominant soil types in the study area are classified as high plastic silt (MH), Sandy silt (SM) and high plastic clay (CH) in Unified Soil Classification System (USCS)....
Ultimate bearing capacity of shallow footings on plastic siltGraduation date: 1975The usual approach to calculation of the ultimate bearingdcapacity of plastic silt is to assume no porewater drainage occursdduring the loading period....
Disaster mitigation of debris flows, slope failures and landslides 411 dynamic behavior of gentle silty slopes based on undrained cyclic shear test... Liquefaction potential of non-plastic silt and non-plastic silt — kaolinite mixtures along with potential of either limited or catastrophic deformations were evaluated....