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Compaction

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Compaction

Compaction is the densification of soils by

the application of mechanical energy.

It is the process by which the soil grains get

rearranged more closely, the volume of air

voids get reduced, and the density of soilincreases.

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• The objective of compaction is the improvementof the engineering properties of the soil mass.

 Advantages:

• Settlements can be reduced or prevented

• Soil strength increase and slope stability can be

improved• Bearing capacity of pavement subgrade can be

improved

• Reduces the coefficient of permeability

• Reduces the liquefaction potential• Undesirable volume changes caused by frost

action, swelling and shrinkage may becontrolled.

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Laboratory tests

• The aim of the laboratory tests is tosimulate the field compaction conditions.

• R.R. Proctor in early 1930’s developed the

principles of compaction.• Proctor established that compaction is a

function of four variables:

 – Dry density – Water content

 – Compactive effort and

 – Soil type

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Laboratory tests- cont.

• Laboratory tests:

- Dynamic compaction or impact

- Kneading compaction- Static compaction

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Dynamic compaction

Standard Proctor Test AASHTO (1978) T99

 ASTM (1980) D 698

IS 2720- Part 7 and 8

• The test is carried on soil passing 19 mm soil

• Five or more samples are prepared at different water

content and allowed for moisture equillibration

• The dia of the flat rammer head = 0.5 dia of the mould

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Detail Standard

compaction

Modified

compaction

Mould volume (cc) 1000 1000

Diameter (mm) 105 105

Height (mm) 115.5 115.5

Rammer dia (mm) 50 50

Drop (mm) 300 (IS: 310mm) 450 (IS)

Mass (kg) 2.70 (2.6) 4.90 (IS)

No. of layers 3 5

Blows/ layer 25 25

Energy input

(kJ/m3)

596 2703

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Compaction test apparatus

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Standard and modif ied Proctor compaction curves

MDD

OMC

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Theoretical curves for different degree ofsaturations can be given by:

wd 

+=1

γ  γ  

W =γ  

wGG

wS 

+

=

1

γ  γ  

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Water content-dry density relationships for eight soils compacted

according to the Standard Proctor mehtod

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Water content-density relationship indicating the increased density resulting

from the addition of water and that due to the applied compaction effort. Soil

is a silty clay LL = 37, PI = 14, Standard Proctor Compaction.

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Comparision of field and laboratory compaction.

1. Laboratory static compaction, 2000 psi

2. Modified Proctor

3. Standard Proctor

4. Laboratory Static compaction, 200 psi

5. Field compaction, rubber-tired load, 6 coverages

6. Field compaction, sheepfoot roller, 6 passesNote: static compaction from top and bottom of soil sample.

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Properties and Structure of Compacted

Cohesive Soils

The structure and thus the engineering

properties of compacted cohesive soils will

depend greatly on:

 – the method or type of compaction

 – the compactive effort applied

 – the soil type, and

 – on the molding water content

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Change in permeability with molding water content

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Change in

compressibility withmolding water content

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Shrinkage as a function

of water content and

type of compaction

Swelling of compacted clays is

greater for those compacted dry

of optimum.

Opposite is true for shrinkage

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Strength as a function of

compactive effort

(kneading) and molding

water content

Dry of optimum have higher

strengths than those compacted

wet of optimum

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Strength as measured

by the CBR and the dry

density versus watercontent for laboratory

impact compaction

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Comparison of soil properties between dry of optimum

and wet of optimum compaction.

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Field Compaction Equipment

and Procedures

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Equipment

Smooth-wheel roller (drum) • 100% coverage under the

wheel

• Contact pressure up to 380 kPa

• Can be used on all soil types except for rocky soils.

• Compactive effort: static weight

• The most common use of large

smooth wheel rollers is for

proof-rolling subgrades and

compacting asphalt pavement.

Holtz and Kovacs, 1981

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Equipment (Cont.)

Sheepsfoot rollers • Has many round or rectangular

shaped protrusions or “feet”

attached to a steel drum

• 8% ~ 12 % coverage

• Contact pressure is from 1400

to 7000 kPa

• It is best suited for clayed soils.

• Compactive effort: static weight

and kneading.

Holtz and Kovacs, 1981

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Equipment (Cont.)

Tamping foot roller • About 40% coverage

• Contact pressure is from 1400

to 8400 kPa

• It is best for compacting fine-grained soils (silt and clay).

• Compactive effort: static weight

and kneading.

Holtz and Kovacs, 1981

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Equipment (Cont.)

Mesh (or grid pattern) roller • 50% coverage

• Contact pressure is from 1400

to 6200 kPa

• It is ideally suited forcompacting rocky soils, gravels,

and sands. With high towing

speed, the material is vibrated,

crushed, and impacted.

• Compactive effort: static weightand vibration.

Holtz and Kovacs, 1981

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Equipment (Cont.)

Vibrating drum on smooth-wheel roller • Vertical vibrator attached to

smooth wheel rollers.

• The best explanation of why

roller vibration causes

densification of granular soils isthat particle rearrangement

occurs due to cyclic

deformation of the soil

produced by the oscillations of

the roller.

• Compactive effort: static weight

and vibration.

• Suitable for granular soilsHoltz and Kovacs, 1981

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Compaction results on 30 cm layers of silty sand, with and without vibration,

using a 7700 kg towed vibratory rol ler (Holtz and Kovacs 1981)

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Variables-Vibratory Compaction

There are many variables which control the vibratorycompaction or densification of soils.

Characteristics of the compactor:(1) Mass, size

(2) Operating frequency and frequency range

Characteristics of the soil:(1) Initial density

(2) Grain size and shape

(3) Water content

Construction procedures:(1) Number of passes of the roller

(2) Lift thickness

(3) Frequency of operation vibrator

(4) Towing speedHoltz and Kovacs, 1981

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Frequency

Holtz and Kovacs, 1981

The frequency atwhich a maximum

density is achieved is

called the optimum

frequency.

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Roller Travel Speed

For a given number of

passes, a higher density is

obtained if the vibrator is

towed more slowly.

Holtz and Kovacs, 1981

Effect of roller travel speed

on amount of compactionwith 7700 kg towed

vibratory roller

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Roller Passes

Holtz and Kovacs,1981

When compacting

past five or so

coverages, there

is not a great

increase in

density

•240 cm thick layer

of northern Indiana

dune sand

•5670 kg roller

operating at a

frequency of 27.5

Hz.

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Dynamic Compaction

Dynamic compaction was first used in

Germany in the mid-1930’s.

The depth of influence D, in meters, of

soil undergoing compaction is

conservatively given by

D ≈ ½ (Wh)1/2 

W = mass of falling weight in metric tons.

h = drop height in meters 

From Holtz and Kovacs, 1981

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Vibroflotation

From Das,

1998

Vibroflotation is a technique

for in situ densification of

thick layers of loose granular

soil deposits. It was

developed in Germany in the

1930s.

Vib fl t ti P d

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Vibroflotation-Procedures

Stage1: The jet at the bottom of the Vibroflot is turned on and lowered into the ground

Stage2: The water jet creates a quick condition in the soil. It allows the vibrating unit to

sink into the ground

Stage 3: Granular material is poured from the top of the hole. The water from the lower

 jet is transferred to he jet at the top of the vibrating unit. This water carries the granular

material down the hole

Stage 4: The vibrating unit is gradually raised in about 0.3-m lifts and held vibrating for

about 30 seconds at each lift. This process compacts the soil to the desired unitwei ht.

From Das,

1998

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Equipment-Summary

Holtz and Kovacs, 1981

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Smooth Wheel Roller

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Rubber-tired roller

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Vibrating drum on smooth-wheel roller

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Field Compaction

Control and Specifications

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Control Parameters

• Dry density  and water content  correlate well with the

engineering properties, and thus they are convenient

construction control parameters.

• Since the objective of compaction is to stabilize soils and

improve their engineering behavior, it is important to keep

in mind the desired engineering properties of the fill, not

 just its dry density and water content. This point is often

lost in the earthwork construction control.

From Holtz and Kovacs, 1981

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Design-Construct Procedures

• Laboratory tests are conducted on samples of the

proposed borrow materials to define the properties

required for design.

• After the earth structure is designed, the compaction

specifications are written. Field compaction control tests 

are specified, and the results of these become the

standard for controlling the project.

From Holtz and Kovacs, 1981

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Specifications

(1) End-product specifications

•This specification is used for most highways and building

foundation, as long as the contractor is able to obtain the

specified relative compaction  , how he obtains it doesn’t

matter, nor does the equipment he uses.

•Care the results only !

•(2) Method specifications

•The type and weight of roller, the number of passes of that

roller, as well as the lift thickness are specified. A maximum

allowable size of material may also be specified.

•It is typically used for large compaction project.

From Holtz and Kovacs, 1981

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Relative Compaction (R.C.)

%100.C.R laboratorymaxd 

filed d ×

ρ

ρ=

r D2.080.C.R    +=

Relative compaction or percent compaction

Correlation between relative compaction (R.C.) and

the relative density Dr

It is a statistical

result based on 47soil samples.

 As Dr = 0, R.C. is

80Typical required R.C. = 90% ~ 95%

Determine the Water Content (in Field)

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Determine the Water Content (in Field)

Control

(1) Relative compaction

(2) Water content (dry side or wet

side)

Holtz and Kovacs, 1981

Note: the engineering

properties may be different

between the compacted

sample at the dry side and

at the wet side.

100% saturation

Water content w %

wopt

   D  r  y   d  e  n  s   i   t  y ,      ρ   d

ρd max 

Line ofoptimums

90% R.C.

  

 

a c

Increase

compactio

n energy

b

Destructive

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Destructive

Methods

Holtz and Kovacs, 1981

Methods

(a) Sand cone

(b) Balloon

(c) Oil (or water)

method

Calculations•Know Ms and Vt

•Get ρd field and w (water

content) 

•Compare ρd field with ρd max-lab 

and calculate relativecompaction R.C.

(a)

(b)

(c)

Sand pouring cylinder used in sand replacement

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Sand pouring cylinder used in sand replacement

method

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Destructive Methods (Cont.)

•Sometimes, the laboratory maximum density may not be

known exactly. It is not uncommon, especially in highway

construction, for a series of laboratory compaction tests to

be conducted on “representative” samples of the borrow

materials for the highway. If the soils at the site are highlyvaried, there will be no laboratory results to be compared

with. It is time consuming and expensive to conduct a new

compaction curve. The alternative is to implement a field

check point, or 1 point Proctor test.

Holtz and Kovacs, 1981

Destructive Methods

(Cont )

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Destructive Methods (Cont.)

Check Point Method

Water content w

wopt

   D  r  y   d  e  n  s   i   t  y ,      ρ   d

ρd max 

100% saturation

Line of

optimums

 A

B

M

C

X

Y(no)

•1 point Proctor test

•Known compaction

curves A, B, C

•Field check point X

(it should be on the

dry side of

optimum)

Holtz and Kovacs, 1981

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Destructive Methods (Cont.)

• The measuring error is mainly from the determinationof the volume of the excavated material.

For example,

• For the sand cone method, the vibration from nearby working

equipment will increase the density of the sand in the hole, whichwill gives a larger hole volume and a lower field density.

• If the compacted fill is gravel or contains large gravel particles. Any kind of unevenness in the walls of the hole causes asignificant error in the balloon method.

• If the soil is coarse sand or gravel, none of the liquid methodsworks well, unless the hole is very large and a polyethylenesheet is used to contain the water or oil.

tsfield d    V/M=ρ −

Holtz and Kovacs, 1981

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Nondestructive Methods

Holtz and Kovacs, 1981

Nuclear density meter

(a) Direct transmission

(b) Backscatter

(c) Air gap

(a)

(b)

(c)

Principles

Density

The Gamma radiation is scattered by the

soil particles and the amount of scatter is

proportional to the total density of the

material. The Gamma radiation is typically

provided by the radium or a radioactiveisotope of cesium.

Water content

The water content can be determined based

on the neutron scatter by hydrogen atoms.

Typical neutron sources are americium-beryllium isotopes.

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References

Holtz, R.D. and Kovacs, W.D. (1981).

 An Introduction to Geotechnical

Engineering, Prentice Hall.