KAEA 3233 - SOIL MECHANICS II

Soil Consolidation
Part 2
Department of Civil Engineering
Faculty of Engineering
University of Malaya

Settlement from Primary Consolidation

Settlement from Primary Consolidation

Settlement from Primary Consolidation

Settlement from Primary Consolidation

Normally consolidated clay

Settlement from Primary Consolidation

Overconsolidated clay

Compression Index (Cc) and Swelling Index (Cs)

Compression Index (Cc)
Skempton (1944) suggested empirical expressions for the compression index.
For undisturbed clays:
For remolded clays:
where LL liquid limit (%).

Swelling Index (Cs)

Example 2

Example 3

Example 4
A soil profile is shown in (a). Laboratory consolidation tests were conducted on a specimen
collected from the middle of the clay layer. The field consolidation curve interpolated from
the laboratory test results is shown in (b). Calculate the settlement in the field caused by
primary consolidation for a surcharge of 48 kN/m2 applied at the ground surface.

Settlement from Secondary Consolidation

Settlement from Secondary Consolidation

Example 5

Answer