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There are two types of settlements that occur in soils: total and time-dependent primary consolidation settlement. Total settlement consists of immediate, primary, and secondary consolidation settlements. Immediate settlement occurs when load is first applied and involves distortion without changes in volume. Primary consolidation involves the squeezing of water from soil pores as the soil rearranges, reducing volume over time depending on soil permeability. Secondary consolidation is a further slow rearran
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