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Fig. 12.8 Example 12.1.
12 168 11 800
2
.
+
.
=
=
11 984
.
mm
11 984
2
.
⇒ =
H
=
5 992
.
mm
0 85 5 992
42 7
.
×
.
2
c
v =
=
0 715
.
mm /min
2
.
(ii) For U  =  75%, T  =  0.48 (from Fig. 12.4) .
Drainage path length of layer  =  10 m  =  10 000 mm
0 48 10 000
0 715
.
×
2
1
60
1
24
1
365
Time to reach
75
%
consolidation
=
× ×
.
= 128 years
(iii)
de
dp
0 94 0 82
100
.
.
a
0 0012
.
=
=
=
0 94
.
+
0 82
.
e =
=
0 88
.
2
a
0 0012
1 88
.
2
Average m
v =
=
=
0 000 638
.
m /kN
1
+
e
.
0 715 9 81 0 000 638
1000
.
×
.
×
.
4 48 10 6
k
=
c m
γ
=
=
.
×
mm/min
v w
v
 
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