The seating stress applied while saturating a consolidation test specimen is
- A1 kg/cm²
- B0.5 kg/cm²
- C0.05 kg/cm²Correct
- DNone of these
Solution
Concept
Consolidation test procedure (IS 2720 Part 15)
Step-by-step solution
1. A seating load of 0.05 kg/cm² is applied while saturating the specimen.
Explanation
The specimen is kept under a small seating load (about 5 kPa) so it does not swell while it saturates.
Why the other options are wrong
1 and 0.5 kg/cm² are far larger than a seating load.
Shortcut
Seating = 0.05 kg/cm².
Correct answer: C) 0.05 kg/cm²