A doubly drained specimen, 2.54 cm in height, is consolidated in the lab under an applied stress. The time for 50 % overall (or average) consolidation is 12 min. (a) Compute the cv value for the lab specimen. (b) How long will it take for the specimen to consolidate to an average consolidation of 90 %? (c) If the final consolidation settlement of the specimen is expected to be 0.43 cm, how long will it take for 0.18 cm of settlement to occur? (d) After 14 minutes, what percent consolidation has occurred at the middle of the specimen?

Tom is having a problem with his washing machine. he notices that the machine vibrates violently at a frequency of 1500 rpm due to an unknown rotating unbalance. the machine is mounted on 4 springs each having a stiffness of 10 kn/m. tom wishes to add an undamped vibration absorber attached by a spring under the machine the machine working frequency ranges between 800 rpm to 2000 rpm and its total mass while loaded is assumed to be 80 kg a) what should be the mass of the absorber added to the machine so that the natural frequency falls outside the working range? b) after a first trial of an absorber using a mass of 35 kg, the amplitude of the oscillation was found to be 10 cm. what is the value of the rotating unbalance? c) using me-3.5 kg. m, find the optimal absorber (by minimizing its mass). what would be the amplitude of the oscillation of the absorber?