Geotechnical Engineering

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5. R.F. Gibson and K.Y.Lo: “A theory of consolidation for soils exhibiting secondary consolidation,”
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QUESTIONS AND PROBLEMS

7.1. Write short notes on the following:

(a) Log fitting method for evaluation of Cv from laboratory consolidation test.

(b) Precompression in clays. (S.V.U.—Four year B.Tech.—Apr., 1983)

7.2. (a) State the assumptions made in Terzaghi’s theory of one-dimensional consolidation.

(S.V.U.—B.E., (N.R.)—March, 1966)

(b) Define the terms ‘Compression index’, coefficient of consolidation’, and ‘coefficient of

compressibility’, and indicate their units and symbols.

(S.V.U.—B.Tech., (Part-time)—May, 1983, B.E., (R.R.)—May, 1971)