A NEW LABORATORY COMPACTION DEVICE AND ITS COMPARISON WITH THE PROCTOR TEST

THE DEVICE DESCRIBED AND ILLUSTRATED IS A SMALL LABORATORY ONE KNOWN AS THE JODHPUR MINI-COMPACTOR IN WHICH SOIL IS COMPACTED BY A RAMMING TOOL TO A VOLUME OF 0.3 LITRE UNDER A COMPACTIVE ENERGY NEARLY THE SAME AS THAT USED IN THE STANDARD PROCTOR TEST. THE VALUES OBTAINED FOR MAXIMUM DRY DENSITY AND OPTIMUM WATER CONTENT ARE SAID TO BE THE SAME AS THOSE GIVEN BY THE PROCTOR TEST. THE DEVICE CAN BE USED FOR OTHER TESTS. /RRL/

• Record URL:
  • https://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/hrnews/hr-news-17-02.pdf
• Supplemental Notes:
  • No17, Pp37-41, 6FIG, 3TAB, 2PHOT, 10REF
• Corporate Authors:

  Transportation Research Board

  500 Fifth Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20001
• Authors:
  • Singh, A
  • Punmia, B C
• Publication Date: 1965

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Pagination: Pp37-41
• Serial:
  • Highway Research News
  • Issue Number: 17

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alternatives analysis; Compaction; Density; Dry density; Moisture content; Remolded soils; Soil compaction; Soil compaction test; Soil densification; Soil water; Soils; Stuffing; Testing; Testing equipment; Tests
• Uncontrolled Terms: Laboratory compaction; Laboratory equipment; Preparation; Proctor compaction test
• Old TRIS Terms: Jodhpur mini-compactor; Rammers; Remolded soil samples
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00228730
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Road Research Laboratory /UK
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Aug 15 2004 1:47AM