railway RRB JE (CBT I + CBT II) Mock Test 2024 Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering Consolidation
A layer of soft clay is 6m thick and lies under a newly constructed building. The weight of sand overlying the clayey layer produces a pressure of 250 kN/m2 and the new construction increases the pressure by 20%. If the effective compression index is 0.5 and the void ratio is 1, the consolidation settlement will be ______. Take log10 1.2 = 0.08
1
22.6 cm
2
20 cm
3
8.8 cm
4
12 cm