Civil Engineering > GATE 2024 SET-1 > Consolidation
The total primary consolidation settlement (Sc) of a building constructed on a 10 m thick saturated clay layer is estimated to be 50 mm. After 300 days of the construction of the building, primary consolidation settlement was reported as 10 mm. The additional time (in days) required to achieve 50% of Sc will be _______. (rounded off to the nearest integer).
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