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Clay soils -- Testing<br />Illite<br />Silt<br />Soil consolidation<br />Terzaghi consolidation theory
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A Study Of The Compressibility Of Silty Soils., Marvin L. Byington
A Study Of The Compressibility Of Silty Soils., Marvin L. Byington
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"This study has been conducted to determine the applicability of the Terzaghi Theory of Consolidation and to determine the compressibility of silt soils with varying clay content. A pure silt was extracted from the Lebanon Silt Loam and mixed with varying amounts of the Onyx Cave Illite-Chlorite Clay. The compressibility of these mixtures was determined and an attempt made to apply the Terzaghi Theory in the analysis. It was found that the compressibility of soils high in silt content is very low. It was also found that the Terzaghi Theory may be applied to mixtures of 15 percent or more …