Identical surcharges are placed at groundsurface at sites X and Y, with soil conditionsshown alongside and water table at groundsurface. The silty clay layers at X and Y areidentical. The thin sand layer at Y is continuousand free-draining with a very large dischargecapacity. If primary consolidation at X isestimated to complete in 36 months, whatwould be the corresponding time forcompletion of primary consolidation at Y?Uniform surchargeGroundSite YSite Xsurfacev WaterT tableWater mtableIsotropicsaturated5 msilty clayIsotropicsaturatedThinsandlayersilty clay10 m *Isotropicsaturated5 msilty clayBedrockBedrock

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Identical surcharges are placed at ground surface at sites X and Y, with soil conditions shown alongside and water table at ground surface. The silty clay layers at X and Y are identical. The thin sand layer at Y is continuous and free-draining with a very large discharge capacity. If primary consolidation at X is estimated to plete in 36 months, what would be the corresponding time for completion of primary consolidation at Y? Uniform surcharge Ground Site Y Site X surface Water mr table v Water T table Isotropic saturated 5 m silty clay Isotropic saturated silty clay Thin sand layer 10 m + Isotropic saturated silty clay 5 m Bedrock Bedrock

Identical surcharges are placed at ground surface at sites X and Y, with soil conditions shown alongside and water table at ground surface. The silty clay layers at X and Y are identical. The thin sand layer at Y is continuous and free-draining with a very large discharge capacity. If primary consolidation at X is estimated to plete in 36 months, what would be the corresponding time for completion of primary consolidation at Y? Uniform surcharge Ground Site Y Site X surface Water mr table v Water T table Isotropic saturated 5 m silty clay Isotropic saturated silty clay Thin sand layer 10 m + Isotropic saturated silty clay 5 m Bedrock Bedrock

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Author:KASSIMALI, Aslam.

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