Given that the height of the specimen ring used for the one-dimensional consolidation test was 1 inch and one porous stone was used during the test, find the value of coefficient of consolidation, c, using the deformation versus logarithm of time graph in Figure 1 (Please show each step clearly on the graph). You may use 1. TD² 0.197D² C, =, so 0.14 0.15 0.16 0.17 0.18 0.1 1 10 100 Time (min) Deformation (in)
Given that the height of the specimen ring used for the one-dimensional consolidation test was 1 inch and one porous stone was used during the test, find the value of coefficient of consolidation, c, using the deformation versus logarithm of time graph in Figure 1 (Please show each step clearly on the graph). You may use 1. TD² 0.197D² C, =, so 0.14 0.15 0.16 0.17 0.18 0.1 1 10 100 Time (min) Deformation (in)
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Transcribed Image Text:1.
Given that the height of the specimen ring used for the one-dimensional
consolidation test was 1 inch and one porous stone was used during the test, find the
value of coefficient of consolidation, c, using the deformation versus logarithm of time
graph in Figure 1 (Please show each step clearly on the graph). You may use
„D 0.197D?
150
150
0.14
0.15
0.16
0.17
0.18
0.1
1
10
100
Time (min)
Figure 1 Logarithm of time - deformation plot
Deformation (in)

Transcribed Image Text:For the same consolidation test, if the height of solids (H,) was 0.55 inches and
the diameter of the specimen ring was 2.5 inches, calculate the initial void ratio of the
specimen.
3.
From the e-logP graph in Figure 2, determine the pre-consolidation pressure
using Casagrande's Method (Please show each step clearly on the graph).
0.8
0.7
0.6
0.5
0.4
100
1000
10000
100000
Pressure (psf)
Figure 2 e-logP plot
2.
Void Ratio, e
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