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Practice Questions
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Question 1
Easy
What is immediate settlement?
💡 Hint: Think of how quickly things change when a load is added.
Question 2
Easy
Define secondary consolidation.
💡 Hint: Consider how soil behaves over an extended period.
Practice 4 more questions and get performance evaluation
Interactive Quizzes
Engage in quick quizzes to reinforce what you've learned and check your comprehension.
Question 1
What causes immediate settlement?
- Water displacement
- Elastic deformation
- Soil rearrangement
💡 Hint: Think about how materials react when loads are applied.
Question 2
True or False: Primary consolidation ceases when all excess pore water pressure dissipates.
- True
- False
💡 Hint: Consider what happens at the end of water evacuation.
Solve and get performance evaluation
Challenge Problems
Push your limits with challenges.
Question 1
Given a surface pressure of 200 kPa, a soil layer thickness of 10m, and a permeability of 1.0e-6 m/s, discuss how long primary consolidation will take.
💡 Hint: Link the thickness and hydraulic conductivity to estimate time.
Question 2
A building's design was based on a total settlement of 5 cm across three soil types. The immediate settlement is 1.5 cm, and primary is 3 cm. What is the expected secondary consolidation?
💡 Hint: Use the total settlement equation to find the unknown.
Challenge and get performance evaluation