River Soil

An alluvial clay deposited by river.

 

Classification

Items > Materials > River Soil

 

Available in the following programs

Repute

 

Properties

Property

Type

 

Description

Default value/units

Example/range of values

General

Name

The item's name

Soil 1

any text

Type

The item's type

River Soil

 

Category

The item's sub group

Soil

 

Kind

The item's group

Materials

 

Notes

Free-form notes regarding this item

 

any text

Classification

Class

The soil's class

River mud

River mud, Dock silt, Alluvium

State

The soil's state

-

Very weak, weak

Strict validation

Tick to apply narrow limits to soil parameters, otherwise wide parameters are used

no

yes/no

Is Fissured?

Flag indicating whether the soil contains fissures

no

yes/no

Mass/Weight densities

See Cohesive Soils

Drained strength

See Cohesive Soils

Drained stiffness

See Cohesive Soils

Undrained strength

See Cohesive Soils

Undrained stiffness

See Cohesive Soils

Help

Help file

Help file providing further information about this soil

Rex.chm

 

Web site

 

Web site for the program

www.geocentrix.co.uk/help/

 

 

See also

Undrained shear strength of fine soils

 

Database properties of river soils

Parameter

Classification

Minimum

Default

Maximum

Class

State

Ext.

Normal

Normal

Ext.

r d (kg/m3)

All

Unsp

1200

1250

1600

1800

2000

Very low

1200

1250

1600

1800

2000

Low

1200

1400

1650

1800

2000

r s (kg/m3)

All

Unsp

1200

1250

1600

1800

2000

Very low

1200

1250

1600

1800

2000

Low

1200

1400

1650

1800

2000

f peak (deg)

All

All

15

16

22

33

39

f crit (deg)

All

All

15

16

22

33

39

c'peak (kPa)

All

All

Not applicable

c'crit (kPa)

All

All

Not applicable

Cu (kPa)

 

All

Unsp

1

20

20

40

60

Very low

1

5

10

20

30

Low

10

20

25

40

60

DCu (kPa/m)

All

All

-100

-10

0

4

100