Terzaghi’s Consolidation

Theory
Variation of N and Number of Depth Step
T=0
T = 0.00008

N=100 N=500 N=5000

Number of Depth Step=50 Number of Depth Step=50 Number of Depth Step=500
 Kaolinite at 10 kPa

N=1000
Number of Depth
Step=100
Cv = 0.000159cm2/s
t90 = 3942.252 s
t100 = 6838.2 s
(square root of time
interpretation)
Kaolinite at 10 kPa

Square-root-of-time scale ()
Kaolinite at 10 kPa: Optimization cv value
● t=1 day
Kaolinite at 20 kPa: Optimization cv value
● t=1 day