Civil Engineering > GATE 2015 SET-1 > Soil Mechanics
A 20 m thick clay layer is sandwiched between a silty sand layer and a gravelly sand layer. The layer experiences 30 mm settlement in 2 years.
where Tv is the time factor and U is the degree of consolidation in %. If the coefficient of consolidation of the layer is 0.003 cm2/s, the deposit will experience a total of 50 mm settlement in the next _______ years.
Correct : 4.44
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