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A new highway to Siracha, Thailand, is to be constructed east of Bangkok, across a region...

A new highway to Siracha, Thailand, is to be constructed east of Bangkok, across a region of deep deposits of very soft marine clay. A typical soil profile is shown in Fig. The average Ccr = 0.8 below the drying crust. The proposed embankment is 17 m wide at the top, has three horizontal to one vertical side slope, and is 2.5 m high. Estimate the ultimate consolidation settlement of the centerline of the embankment.

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