GATE CE · 2021 · CE
Question 30: Soil Mechanics
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Question 30
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A clay layer of thickness
has a preconsolidation pressure
and an initial void ratio
. The initial effective overburden stress at the mid-height of the layer is
. At the same location, the increment in effective stress due to applied external load is
. The compression and swell indices of the clay are
and
, respectively. If
, then the correct expression to estimate the consolidation settlement (
) of the clay layer isYour answerChoose one option.
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2021CE
GATE CE 2021 · Paper 2
Civil Engineering · Original paper archive
- Section
- Civil Engineering
- Question type
- Multiple choice (MCQ)
- Marks
- 2 marks
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