Silt

Soil whose principal fraction has particle size >0.002 mm and ≤0.02 mm in size. (see EN ISO 14688-1)

 

Classification

Items > Materials > Silt

 

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

Silt

 

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

Si

Cl, saSi, clSi

State

The soil's state

-

Extremely low, very low, low, medium, high, very high, extremely high strength

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/

 

Classes of silts

Class

ISO

BSCS

USCS

DIN

Unclassified

Si

M

M

U

Fine Silt

FSi

MI

ML

-

Clayey Silt

clSi

MH-ME

MH

-

Database properties for Silt

Parameter

Classification

Minimum

Default

Maximum

Class

State

Ext.

Normal

Normal

Ext.

r d (kg/m3)

All

All

1100

1275

1850

2150

2200

r s (kg/m3)  

All

All

1500

1800

2050

2150

2400

f peak (deg)

 

Si

FSi

clSI

All

17

17

17

25

25

20

28

28

23

35

35

30

45

40

35

f crit (deg)  

Si

FSi

clSI

All

17

20

17

22

22

18

25

25

19

30

30

22

32

32

25

c'peak (kPa)

 

All

Very low

Low

0

0

0

0

0

Others

0

0

0

5

10

c'crit (kPa)

All

Very low

Low

0

0

0

0

0

Others

0

0

0

0

5

Cu (kPa)

 

All

Unspecified

1

20

20

150

1000

Extremely low

1

5

7

10

20

Very low

1

10

15

20

30

Low

10

20

25

40

60

Medium

30

40

50

75

100

High

60

75

100

150

200

Very high

100

150

200

300

400

Extremely high

200

300

375

500

1000

DCu (kPa/m)

All

Very low

Low

-100

-10

0

4

100

Others

-100

-10

0

8

100

 

 

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