It is concluded that the average degree of radial consolidation for a given soil layer increases with its buried depth since the geostatic pressure increases with the lattar 结果表明，因自重应力随深度增加，土层径向排水平均固结度随其埋深而增大。
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The treatment for simplity that the mean value of the geostatic pressure is adopted could result in a smaller computed value of settlement but a larger one of average radial consolidation degree than the actual 如把整个厚度范围内自重应力取为平均值，将使计算的沉降量偏小，径向平均固结度偏大。
