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Occurs under constant effective stress due to continuous rearrangement of clay particles into a more stable configuration.Here we are interested to estimate both consolidation settlement and how long a time it will take or most of the settlement to occur. Dominates in saturated/nearly saturated fine grained soils where consolidation theory applies.The principal settlements for most projects occur in 3 to 10 years. The lean is caused by consolidation settlement being greater on one side. The leaning tower of Pisa in Italy has been undergoing consolidation settlement for over 700 years.
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