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Consolidation is the time-dependent settlement of soils resulting from the expulsion of water from the soil pores.
Consolidation is the time-dependent settlement of soils resulting from the expulsion of water from the soil pores.
Creep is time-dependent plastic deformation that is usually significant only at high temperatures.
For many materials there is additional time-dependent deformation that is recoverable. This is called viscoelastic or anelastic deformation.