A clay soil, tested in a consolidometer, showed a decrease in void ratio from 1.20 to 1.10 when the presure was increased from 0.25 to 0.50 kgf/cm². Calculate the coefficient of compressibility (a) and the coefficient of volume compressibility (m). If the coefficient of consolidation (c) determined in the test for the given stress increment was 10 m²lyear, calculate the coefficient of permeability in cm/s. osis ass 900 220 If the sample tested at the site was taken from a clay layer 3.0 m in thickness, determine the consolidation settlement resulting from the given stress increment.

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A clay soil, tested in a consolidometer, showed a decrease in void ratio
from 1.20 to 1.10 when the presure was increased from 0.25 to 0.50 kgf/cm². Calculate the
coefficient of compressibility (a) and the coefficient of volume compressibility (m). If the
coefficient of consolidation (c) determined in the test for the given stress increment was
10 m²/year, calculate the coefficient of permeability in cm/s. O ferd ses osis ass sno
If the sample tested at the site was taken from a clay layer 3.0 m in thickness, determine
the consolidation settlement resulting from the given stress increment.
Transcribed Image Text:A clay soil, tested in a consolidometer, showed a decrease in void ratio from 1.20 to 1.10 when the presure was increased from 0.25 to 0.50 kgf/cm². Calculate the coefficient of compressibility (a) and the coefficient of volume compressibility (m). If the coefficient of consolidation (c) determined in the test for the given stress increment was 10 m²/year, calculate the coefficient of permeability in cm/s. O ferd ses osis ass sno If the sample tested at the site was taken from a clay layer 3.0 m in thickness, determine the consolidation settlement resulting from the given stress increment.
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