##  [Coefficient of Consolidation](/coefficient-consolidation) 

  ##  [Coefficient of Consolidation](https://engineering.quantumdictionary.io/coefficient-consolidation-0) 

  

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Definition

A parameter quantifying the rate at which excess pore water pressure dissipates and one-dimensional volume change occurs in a saturated porous soil undergoing consolidation; in Terzaghi's classical one-dimensional consolidation model it appears as the hydraulic diffusivity Cv that governs the diffusion equation ∂u/∂t = Cv ∂²u/∂z² and is commonly expressed from measurable quantities as Cv = k/(mv γ