Reference materials for PM4SiltR

  • The following sections provide links or citations to PM4SiltR reference materials.

Manual

  • Boulanger, R. W., Ziotopoulou, K., and Oathes, T. J. (2022). “PM4SiltR (Version 1): A silt plasticity model with rate effects for slope stability applications.”  Report No. UCD/CGM-22/04, Center for Geotechnical Modeling, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Davis, CA. [PDF available here]

Theory and implementation

  • Oathes, T. J., Boulanger, R. W., and Ziotopoulou, K. (2022). “A viscoplastic constitutive model for plastic silts and clays for static slope stability applications.” Submitted for review.

Analyses of case histories

  • Oathes, T. J., and Boulanger, R. W. (2022). "Nonlinear viscoplastic modeling of the Feijao Dam 1 failure." Geo-Congress 2022: Advances in Monitoring and Sensing; Embankments, Slopes, and Dams; Pavements; and Geo-Education, Geotechnical Special Publication 336, ASCE, 129-138, 10.1061/9780784484067.014.

Other applications

  • Oathes, T. J., and Boulanger, R. W. (2023). "Effect of viscoplasticity on localization in saturated clays and plastic silts." Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, ASCE, 149(4): 04023016, 10.1061/JGGEFK.GTENG-10984.
  • Boulanger, R. W., and Oathes, T. J. (2020). "Modeling slope instability due to undrained creep." Proceedings, Tailings and Mine Waste 2020, UBC Studios, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, 53-64.