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IN civil engineering practice it is sometimes necessary to estimate the probable rate of settlement of structures founded on clay and other compressible soils. The settlement arises from a process in soil known as consolidation, in which the application of a load to the surface of the soil causes water to be expelled from its pores. A priori, it would be expected that the rate of consolidation of the soil would be a function of the kinematic viscosity of the water, and since the latter depends upon the temperature, it follows that the rate of consolidation should also be a function of temperature.
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LEWIS, W. Effect of Temperature on the Consolidation of Soils. Nature 166, 614–615 (1950). https://doi.org/10.1038/166614b0
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