In: Civil Engineering
1. (2 pts) What things do we need to be measured during the consolidation test? 2. (2 pts) What is the difference between primary consolidation and secondary consolidation? 3. (4 pts) Using a semi‐log plot of time versus dial readings describe the procedure that are used to determine the coefficient of consolidation cv? 4. (2 pts) Does the laboratory sample in the consolidation test deform laterally? 5. (2 pts) How many drainage paths are there in a consolidation test? 6. (4 pts) Describe how an oedometer can be used to determine the volumetric changes in a soil sample due to wetting over a range of vertical pressures? 7. (2 pts) What assumption do we make to permit us to compute settlement (vertical changes in ground surface) using the volumetric changes in a soil tested in the consolidation test?