A 7.8 m thick layer of soft San Francisco Bay Mud is to be loaded with a
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A 7.8 m thick layer of soft San Francisco Bay Mud is to be loaded with a granular fill 3.2 m thick, on the average. The total density of the fill is about 1.8 Mg/m3. Assume that the test data in Problem 8.12 is typical of the clay layer, and that the layer is normally consolidated. What consolidation settlement will take place due to the weight of the fill?
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An Introduction to Geotechnical Engineering
ISBN: 978-0132496346
2nd edition
Authors: Robert D. Holtz, William D. Kovacs, Thomas C. Sheahan
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