A FIELD STUDY ON THE SPEED AND ECONOMICS OF EMBANKMENT COMPACTION

THE PAPER DESCRIBES EMBANKMENT COMPACTION EXPERIMENTS TO DETERMINE (1) THE OUTPUT OF TWO TYPES OF ROAD ROLLERS COMMONLY AVAILABLE, THE SMOOTH WHEELED ROLLER AND THE TRACTOR MOUNTED (T. M. ) ROLLER; (2) THE NUMBER OF PASSES OF THE ROLLER REQUIRED IN ORDER TO OBTAIN THE SPECIFIED DENSITY; (3) THE MANPOWER REQUIRED TO OPERATE THE ROLLER; AND (4) A PROCEDURE FOR BORROWING SOIL WITH OPTIMUM MOISTURE CONTENT BY MECHANICAL MEANS. RESULTS ARE PRESENTED AND DISCUSSED. /TRRL/

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• Authors:
  • Uppal, H L
  • Bindra, S R
• Publication Date: 1971-11

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 305-28
• Serial:
  • Journal of the Indian Roads Congress
  • Volume: 434
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Indian Roads Congress
  • ISSN: 0258-0500

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Economic efficiency; Economics; Embankments; Rollers; Soil compaction
• Uncontrolled Terms: Efficiency
• Old TRIS Terms: Embankment compaction
• Subject Areas: Economics; Geotechnology; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00233574
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 29 1973 12:00AM