In most compaction test procedures, depending on the size of the compaction mould, a fraction of the soil sample with particle sizes larger than a specific value is discarded. This fact limits the use of laboratory values of compaction test parameters, namely the optimum moisture content and the maximum dry unit weight, for field compaction of soils. This technical note provides improved expressions for determining the optimum moisture content and the maximum dry unit weight of field soil samples on the basis of laboratory compaction test results, which do not consider the larger particles of the field soil samples. The improved expressions would be useful for earthworks, and for developing standards for compaction tests for field applications.
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December 01 2009
Improved expressions for field values of compaction test parameters
N. SIVAKUGAN;
N. SIVAKUGAN
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† Discipline Civil and Environmental Engineering, School of Engineering and Physical Sciences, James Cook University, Australia.
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M. GANDHI;
M. GANDHI
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* Department of Civil Engineering, Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University, India.
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M.K. AHMAD
M.K. AHMAD
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* Department of Civil Engineering, Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University, India.
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* Department of Civil Engineering, Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University, India.
† Discipline Civil and Environmental Engineering, School of Engineering and Physical Sciences, James Cook University, Australia.
‡ School of Engineering, Edith Cowan University, 270 Joondalup Drive, Joondalup, Perth, Western Australia 6027, Australia.
Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Received:
June 16 2008
Accepted:
March 25 2009
Online ISSN: 1751-7656
Print ISSN: 0016-8505
© 2009 Thomas Telford Ltd
2009
Geotechnique (2009) 59 (10): 851–853.
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Received:
June 16 2008
Accepted:
March 25 2009
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SHUKLA S, SIVAKUGAN N, GANDHI M, AHMAD M (2009), "Improved expressions for field values of compaction test parameters". Geotechnique, Vol. 59 No. 10 pp. 851–853, doi: https://doi.org/10.1680/geot.8.T.024
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