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1) Due to the construction of a building, 150 kPa verticalstress increment takes place in a clay layer. The thickness of claylayer is 8m and there are a very thin sand layer above and a thicksand layer below it. If the final settlement is 0.08m, calculatethe followings:

a) Required time in terms of month for 0.04m consolidationsettlement

b) Amount of settlement in terms of meter, after 4 months ofconstruction

c) During the construction, a machine is intended to be placedin to the building. However, the machine is sensitive to thesettlement and amount of the settlement should not exceed 0.02mafter placing this machine. Calculate the required time to satisfythe prerequisite in terms of months.

d) k value of the clay layer

mv = 1*10-4, cv = 0.4 m/month

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