Abstract
Civil Infrastructure Built on Alluviums and Recent Deposits, Such as Dams, Contain Significant Amount of Silts. the Static and Dynamic Behavior of These Fine-Grained Soils Has Been Investigated Less Than the Clay-Like or Sand-Like Soils. Low Plasticity Silts (PI = 6) Obtained East of St. Louis in Illinois Are Known as Loess that Has Been Re-Deposited by Water in the Floodplains of the Mississippi River. These Silts Were Reconstituted in the Laboratory by Slurry at Water Content above the Liquid Limit and Then Consolidated to an Initial Effective Stress. the Initial Laboratory Characterization under Monotonic Loading Included a Series of Consolidated Undrained Triaxial Compression Tests at Different Effective Confinement to Determine the Critical State Parameters. a Series of Stress-Controlled Cyclic Triaxial Compression Tests Were Run under Normally and over consolidated Conditions. the Liquefaction Behavior of the Silt at Different over Consolidation Ratios and its Relationship to the Monotonic Behavior is Presented and Discussed. © 2008 ASCE.
Recommended Citation
A. M. Izadi et al., "Liquefaction Behavior of Mississippi River Silts," Geotechnical Special Publication, no. 181, American Society of Civil Engineers, Dec 2008.
The definitive version is available at https://doi.org/10.1061/40975(318)93
Department(s)
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
International Standard Book Number (ISBN)
978-078440975-6
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
0895-0563
Document Type
Article - Conference proceedings
Document Version
Citation
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 2023 American Society of Civil Engineers, All rights reserved.
Publication Date
01 Dec 2008
