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compression index
GATE Civil Engineering · Geotechnical Engineering - Soil Mechanics · 2018-2018
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The compression curve (void ratio, e vs. effective stress, σν') for a certain clayey soil is a straight line in a semi-logarithmic plot and it passes through the points (e = 1.2; σ...
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2018 Q46
The void ratio of a soil is 0.55 at an effective normal stress of 140 kPa. The compression index of the soil is 0.25. In order to reduce the void ratio to 0.4, an increase in the m...
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