The time for 50% consolidation of a 25-mm-thick clay layer (drained at top and bottom) in the laboratory is 2 min, 20 sec. How long (in days) will it take for a 2.44 m-thick layer of the same clay in the field (under the same pressure increment) to reach 30% consolidation? In the field, there is a rock layer at the bottom of the clay.

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The time for 50% consolidation of a 25-mm-thick clay layer (drained at top and bottom) in the laboratory is 2 min, 20 sec. How long (in days) will it take for a 2.44 m-thick layer of the same clay in the field (under the same pressure increment) to reach 30% consolidation? In the field, there is a rock layer at the bottom of the clay.

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