q21 A bed consists of compressible clay of 4 m thickness with pervious sand on top and impervious rock at the bottom. In a consolidation test on an undisturbed specimen of clay from this deposit 90% settlement was reached in 4 hours. The specimen was 20 mm thick. The time for the building founded over this deposit to reach 90% of its final settlement will be (a) 91 years (c) 73 years (b) 82 years (d) 64 years

q21 A bed consists of compressible clay of 4 m thickness with pervious sand on top and impervious rock at the bottom. In a consolidation test on an undisturbed specimen of clay from this deposit 90% settlement was reached in 4 hours. The specimen was 20 mm thick. The time for the building founded over this deposit to reach 90% of its final settlement will be (a) 91 years (c) 73 years (b) 82 years (d) 64 years

Principles of Geotechnical Engineering (MindTap Course List)

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Author:Braja M. Das, Khaled Sobhan

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Chapter11: Compressibility Of Soil

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Problem 11.12P

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