An odometer test is carried out on a sample of clay 20 mm thick assumed to be fully saturated. The time to reach 90 percent consolidation is 10.5 min. Estimate the following: (a) Time to reach 50 percent consolidation in odometer test (b) Time for a 9-m-thick layer of this clay to reach 90 percent consolidation assuming the same drainage conditions apply and it is subject to the same load increment as in the odometer test.

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An odometer test is carried out on a sample of clay 20 mm thick assumed to be fully saturated.

The time to reach 90 percent consolidation is 10.5 min. Estimate the following: (a) Time to reach

50 percent consolidation in odometer test (b) Time for a 9-m-thick layer of this clay to reach 90

percent consolidation assuming the same drainage conditions apply and it is subject to the same

load increment as in the odometer test.

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