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Figure 5.17
Start of secondary compression.
Figure 5.18
Coefficient of secondary consolidation
c
α
vs. initial moisture content (
after
Farrell
et al
.
1994).
Farrell
et al
. (1994) indicated that the relationship between the laboratory-
determined coefficient of secondary consolidation
c
α
and the initial moisture content
up to a moisture content
w
n
of about 250%, as shown in Figure 5.18, was generally
close to the empirical relationship.
c
α
=
0
.
00018
w
n
(5.8)
