Civil Engineering - Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering - Discussion

Discussion Forum : Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering - Section 1 (Q.No. 26)
26.
The coefficient of compressibility of soil, is the ratio of
stress to strain
strain to stress
stress to settlement
rate of loading to that of settlement.
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Adithya said:   1 decade ago
Coefficient of compressibility is defined as ratio of change of void ratio to change of effective stress. SO it essentially has units of inverse of pressure, i.e. pa-1


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