"bull's liver" manhattan silt
"bull's liver" manhattan silt
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has anyone run across a good case history describing the problems with the sensitive manhattan silt? stories i've always heard is that the sandhogs would lean up against it in a tunnel and it would liquefy. but i've never seen much published about it.





RE: "bull's liver" manhattan silt
RE: "bull's liver" manhattan silt
When saturated, it has been reported to 'quake like jelly and flow like a liquid' when vibrated.
[I]Introductory Soil Mechanics and Foundations{/I], Sowers and Sowers, 1970.
RE: "bull's liver" manhattan silt