Study on Osmotic Consolidation and Hydraulic Conductivity Behavior of an Expansive Soil Inundated with Sodium Chloride Solution

Table 2

Experimental data for sample 1–soil inundated with distilled water at constant loading of 10 kPa.

Stage no.	Inundated water	Initial reading (mm)	Final reading (mm)	Compression ΔH (mm)	Specimen height (mm)	e	Percentage volume change (%)
1	DW	4.456	4.425	0.031	19.969	0.6106	0.1550
2	DW	4.425	4.378	0.047	19.922	0.6068	0.2354
3	DW	4.378	4.341	0.037	19.885	0.6038	0.1857
4	DW	4.341	4.297	0.044	19.841	0.6003	0.2213
5	DW	4.297	4.254	0.043	19.798	0.5968	0.2167
6	DW	4.254	4.222	0.032	19.766	0.5942	0.1616
7	DW	4.222	4.193	0.029	19.737	0.5919	0.1467
8	DW	4.193	4.182	0.011	19.726	0.5910	0.0557