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Who conducted consolidation test on a number of clays from different parts of the world?

(a) Terzaghi

(b) Taylor

(c) Skempton

(d) Darcy

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The origin of the question is Consolidation Process topic in section One Dimensional Consolidation of Geotechnical Engineering I

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Right answer is (c) Skempton

To explain: Skempton conducted consolidation tests on a number of clays from different parts of the world and gave the following expression for the compression index for remoulded sample of clay,

Cc=0.007(wL-10%).

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