Civil Engineering - Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering - Discussion

No, under-consolidated soil and normally consolidated soil are not the same, although they can sometimes be confused.

- Normally consolidated soil refers to soil that is currently under its maximum past pressure. In other words, it has been subjected to a certain pressure over time, and it hasn't experienced any stress higher than what it is currently experiencing.

- Under-consolidated soil refers to a soil that has not fully consolidated under its current load or pressure. This could be because the load was applied too quickly, or the soil has not had sufficient time to expel pore water and adjust to the stress.

So, while both types of soil may appear similar in certain conditions, the key difference is that normally consolidated soil has consolidated fully for its current stress, whereas under-consolidated soil has not.

But it is the case of under consolidation. For over consolidation vertical effective stress is greater than the normal effective vertical stress.

Answer will be normal consolidated soil because soil is not fully consolidated due to existing over burden pressure.

The soil which is not fully consolidated by the present overburden pressure is called under consolidated soil.

It should be normally consolidated. There is nothing called under consolidated.

A soil fully consolidated under the existing over-burden pressure, is called?

@Sandhya.

The answer is D as it should be under consolidated.

It's under consolidated. Sp, Option A and C are same.

It's overconsolidated. I agree with the given answer.

Normally consolidation is the right answer.