The average effective averburden pressure on 10 m thickhomogeneous saturated clay layer is 150 kPa.Consolidation test on an undisturbed soil sample takenfrom the clay layer showed that the void ratio decreasedfrom 0.6 to 0.5 by increasing the stress intensity from100 kPa to 300 kPa. (G = 2.65)%3DThe initial void ratio of the clay layer is

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The average effective averburden pressure on 10 m thick
homogeneous saturated clay layer is 150 kPa.
Consolidation test on an undisturbed soil sample taken
from the clay layer showed that the void ratio decreased
from 0.6 to 0.5 by increasing the stress intensity from
100 kPa to 300 kPa. (G = 2.65)
%3D
The initial void ratio of the clay layer is

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