A clayey sample of 2 cm thickness is collected from a 30 cm thick strata resting on impermeable rock. In a consolidation test, this clayey sample took time 't,' to achieve 30% consolidation. If 't,' is the time required to achieve 50% consolidation for the soil strata then the ratio t,/t, will be
A clayey sample of 2 cm thickness is collected from a 30 cm thick strata resting on impermeable rock. In a consolidation test, this clayey sample took time 't,' to achieve 30% consolidation. If 't,' is the time required to achieve 50% consolidation for the soil strata then the ratio t,/t, will be
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![A clayey sample of 2 cm thickness is collected
from a 30 cm thick strata resting on impermeable
rock. In a consolidation test, this clayey sample
took time 't,' to achieve 30% consolidation. If 't,'
is the time required to achieve 50% consolidation
for the soil strata then the ratio t,/t, will be](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F21d9a6ea-afd9-4ec2-936c-260197fcd3ec%2F0c96b925-7270-4625-8170-5968b787eff1%2Fyevy2yn_processed.jpeg&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:A clayey sample of 2 cm thickness is collected
from a 30 cm thick strata resting on impermeable
rock. In a consolidation test, this clayey sample
took time 't,' to achieve 30% consolidation. If 't,'
is the time required to achieve 50% consolidation
for the soil strata then the ratio t,/t, will be
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