Question: ( 2 5 p ) Ignore the immediate settlement, and calculate consolidation settlement of soil profile composed of sand and clay layer due to 2

(25p) Ignore the immediate settlement, and calculate consolidation settlement of soil profile composed of sand and clay layer due to 200kPa net foundation loading. Take unit weight of water as 10kNm3 and assume that Skempton Bjerrum Correction Factor s is 0.74 for clay layer. Note that c(or sometimes shown as p) is the pre-consolidation pressure.
( 2 5 p ) Ignore the immediate settlement, and

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