Elements of Soil Mechanics - 8th Edition
by Ian Smith
Blackwell Publishing, 2006

Chapter 9 - Foundation Settlement and Soil Compression

"When a soil is subjected to an increase in compressive stress due to a foundation load the resulting soil compression consists of elastic compression, primary compression and secondary compression..." (Chapter 9)

Resources for Chapter 9:

pdf Exercises

Consolidation test apparatus.

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