Reduction of Consolidation Degree
If the drains do not pass through the entire consolidation layer, the resulting degree of consolidation is reduced as follows:
where: | Uav,r,red | - | reduced resulting degree of consolidation |
Uav,r | - | unreduced resulting degree of consolidation (with the influence of drains) | |
Uav | - | ||
L | - | length of drains in the consolidation layer | |
H | - | thickness of the consolidation layer |