Question

For normally consolidated clay soil the natural moisture content is close to?

Answer 1

1)It has been found that the normally consolidated clay and the natural moisture content lies close to the liquid limit and the liquidity index is near to unity.

2)In generally over-consolidated clay soil have a natural moisture content close to the plastic limit,

3)when the clay is said to be normally consolidated if the present effect

overburden pressure is $p_{0}$ is the maximum pressure to which the layer has subjected to ant time of the clay layer.

4)It is caused due to desiccation of layers close to the surface.