Given the plastic limit is 20% classify the marine clay.
Which of the layers at this site will make the biggest contribution to the expected settlement and why?
Explain what the initial and final effective stress states are and where they should be calculated.
Determine the initial and final vertical stress state.
A laboratory oedometer test has yielded the compression data given in Table 4. Use this data to generate appropriate figures from which to estimate settlement due to the placement of the fill.
Using the consolidation data obtained from an appropriate oedometer loading stage and given in Table 5, determine the time at which the remaining settlement of the fill surface will be less than 5 cm.
If the period of time is to achieve the necessary settlement, explain why this is so and what might be done to improve the situation.
